https://padlet.com/chunnc23/i282z6z9zy9t Athens vs. Assyria en-us 2017-04-28 18:23:20 UTC 2017-04-30 17:35:11 UTC hello@padlet.com chunnc23 https://padlet.com/chunnc23/i282z6z9zy9t/wish/168958050 Located in central Greece, Athens is recognized as the birthplace of democracy and greatly shaped Western culture. It possesses a strong acropolis furnished with its own water supply and is surrounded by a large countryside. That territory, Attica, is bounded by mountains, has a harbor on the Bay of Phalerum, and for a time had large silver deposits in the area of Laurion. 

]]> 2017-04-28 18:28:49 UTC https://padlet.com/chunnc23/i282z6z9zy9t/wish/168958050 chunnc23 https://padlet.com/chunnc23/i282z6z9zy9t/wish/168958195 The most important religious site in Athens was the Temple of Athena the Virgin, known today as the Parthenon, which stood atop the Acropolis, where its evocative ruins still stand. Two other major religious sites, the Temple of Hephaestus (which is still largely intact) and the Temple of Olympian Zeus or Olympian (once the largest temple in Greece but now mostly in ruins) also lay within the city walls.

]]> 2017-04-28 18:29:37 UTC https://padlet.com/chunnc23/i282z6z9zy9t/wish/168958195 chunnc23 https://padlet.com/chunnc23/i282z6z9zy9t/wish/168958369 The wealthy held control over pretty much all.The poor land owners had to work for the wealthy aristocrats.There was a lack of conscistancy for other laws.

]]> 2017-04-28 18:30:40 UTC https://padlet.com/chunnc23/i282z6z9zy9t/wish/168958369 chunnc23 https://padlet.com/chunnc23/i282z6z9zy9t/wish/168960199 Ancient Assyrians were inhabitants of one the world's earliest civilizations, Mesopotamia, which began to emerge around 3500B.C. The Assyrians invented the world's first written language and the 360-degree circle, established Hammurabi's code of law, and are credited with many other military, artistic, and architectural achievements. For 300 years Assyrians controlled the entire Fertile Crescent, from the Persian Gulf to Egypt. In 612B.C., however, Assyria's capital, Nineveh, was besieged and destroyed by a coalition of Medes, Scythians, and Chaldeans, decimating the previously powerful Assyrian Empire.

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]]> 2017-04-28 18:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/chunnc23/i282z6z9zy9t/wish/168960199 chunnc23 https://padlet.com/chunnc23/i282z6z9zy9t/wish/169058838 Although Assyria were surrounded by many deserts and mountains, they created many strong trade routes that helped them trade with other civilizations.  They Assyrians had different trade routes used at different periods of time.  One trade route that was commonly used was the one that traveled between Anatolia and Mesopotamia. Five hundred years later, a second trade route opened, created by the Assyrian merchants, which traveled from upper Mesopotamia to Kayseri.  This trade route was the first to introduce trade between Anatolia and the Middle East, and was later extended south to Nigde and north to Sivas.  Later, Persia was eventually connected as well and in turn, caused Kayseri to become the major trading center of its time.  Assyria used trade routes to communicate and trade with other civilizations.   The Assyrians traded tin, lead, textiles, and grain for metals and stones.  Stones were traded and used as protection and for houses, metals were made into everyday tools and weapons such as swords, and spears.  When stone became precious, the Assyrians used mud and bricks to build houses instead. 

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