Ancient Mesopotamia by

Sargon the Great

cra2002 — 2013-08-30 14:29:11 UTC

created the world's first empire

Hammurabi

cra2002 — 2013-09-03 17:43:36 UTC

made the Hammurabi Code and had separated people into 3 groups nobles, free commoners and slaves.

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Abraham

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Descendants of him formed the land of Israel

King Nebuchadnezzar II

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Built Hanging Gardens, now which is one of the seven wonders of the ancient world

Battering Ram

cra2002 — 2013-09-04 23:43:12 UTC

Was an invention by the Assyerians to break down castle walls, it was also helped shield attacks

Cuneiform/Clay Tablets

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Cuneiform was the first written language

Ziggurat

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A temple built by people to worship their gods

Wheel

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Built to transport goods

Tigris River

cra2002 — 2013-09-06 14:10:00 UTC

One of the crossroads of trade

Euphrates River

cra2002 — 2013-09-06 14:16:21 UTC

One of the crossroads of trade

Hanging Gardens

cra2002 — 2013-09-09 20:48:43 UTC

King Nebuchadnezzar II created the famous ‘Hanging Gardens of Babylon’

Moses

cra2002 — 2013-09-09 21:54:16 UTC

a man chosen by God for a , called forth ‘Ten Plagues' of disease and destruction to make Pharaoh release the Hebrews from Egyptian slavery

King Nebuchadnezzar Conquering Jerusalem

cra2002 — 2013-09-09 22:11:48 UTC

King Nebuchadnezzar conquered Jerusalem, sent thousands of Jews as slaves and burned it down.

Hammurabi's Code

cra2002 — 2013-09-09 22:27:36 UTC

A collection of laws made by King Hammurabi that changed everyday lives.

Jerusalem

cra2002 — 2013-09-09 22:31:33 UTC

The victim (along with the people) of King Nebuchanezzar's burning.

Babylon

cra2002 — 2013-09-09 22:36:13 UTC

Was located between the Tigris and Euphates River. Was where the Jerusalem slaves went.

Did You Know: Hanging Gardens

cra2002 — 2013-09-09 22:40:32 UTC

Did you know that the Hanging Gardens were one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

DYK: Babylon

cra2002 — 2013-09-09 22:48:48 UTC

Did you know that King Nebuchanezzar rebuilt Babylon into a city of learning and science

DKY: Ninevah

cra2002 — 2013-09-09 22:52:06 UTC

Did you know the outer wall of Nineveh was 200 feet high.

DKY: Hammurabi Code

cra2002 — 2013-09-09 23:00:01 UTC

Did you know some of Hammurabi's Laws were an eye-for-eye which means if you do something to someone that same thing should happen to you.

DKY: Hammurabi Code/Stealing

cra2002 — 2013-09-09 23:02:29 UTC

Did you know theives were put to death.

Rise of the Assyrians

cra2002 — 2013-09-09 23:05:25 UTC

The Assyrians started to take over cities and build a bigger empire. They were feared for a long time

Rise of the Babylonians

cra2002 — 2013-09-09 23:23:12 UTC

Babylon defeated Assyria under King Nebuchanezzar's rule and started to get more respect

Sargon's Rule

cra2002 — 2013-09-09 23:29:58 UTC

Sargon the Great conquered a bunch of city-states and made Akkad, and was a very powerful empire until Assyria came along.

Ten Plagues

cra2002 — 2013-09-09 23:35:56 UTC

Moses gave the 10 Plagues to Egypt and a whole bunch of stuff happened