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Babylon Rise of new empire
Goal extend control of the region
Religion as tool to control the conquered people
Chief god of the Babylonians made ruler god for everyone
Need to obey the king
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H
ammurabis Code - Law Very stratified society
Didnt deal with all legalsituations
Probably morepropaganda
Some protections forwomen
Hammurabi receiving the code from
the sun god
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H
ammurabis Legacy Empire endured for several centuries following his death
methods copied by later rulers
Written law represented a shift from older ways
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H
ebrews Old Testament (Hebrew bible) major source of knowledge
Incomplete in many ways
Monotheism covenant with a jealous God
Ethical code
i.e. 10 Commandments
Everyone subject to the same rules and punishments
Tribal system (12 tribes of Israel)
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Consolidation of the
kingdom Struggle to create a united
kingdom
Battle with invaders
Philistines
Saul 1st king
Military successes
David constructed Jerusalem
Solomon Temple
Kingdom soon fell apart
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The Ark of the Covenant
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Persians Lived in modern day Iran
Iron Age Used their army to conquer surrounding peoples
Tolerant of other beliefs
Divine right monarchs Elaborate symbols
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Persian kings
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Darius palace
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Z
oroastrianism Early major religion founded by prophet Zarathustra
Kings agents of Ahura Mazda, the supreme god
Opposed by Ahriman (devil)
Moral dualism world was an arena for an ongoingbattle b/w good and evil
Individual choice which path to take Expected to be moral stress on ethical code
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Early Mesopotamia
Assessment Hodgepodge cultures
Often created through a series of interactions
All had distinctive elements
Kingdoms rise and fall
No sustained success
Still far more advanced than the rest of Europe at this
time