Mesopotamian Civilizations Land Between the Two Rivers: Tigris and Euphrates
Feb 23, 2016
Mesopotamian Civilizations
Land Between the Two Rivers:Tigris and Euphrates
Sumerians
Jordan River
Located in Southern Mesopotamia-Ur, one of the earliest cities, 30,000 people
Cuneiform
Cuneiform wedge-shaped writing
Sumerian Wheel
Sumerian Lyre (liar) from the royal tombs of Ur
Game board from the royal tombs at Ur
Gilgamesh epic hero
Ziggurat at Ur
• Ziggurat means – “House of the Mountain” and “Bond between Heaven and Earth”
• Built for the priests & priestesses who served their gods & goddesses
Ziggurat examples
Amorites settle in Babylon
Babylonian relief sculpture
Statue of Hammurabi
Hammurabi’s Code:The Stele
Phoenician ship
Murex – snails used to produce a purple dye
Walls of Nineveh
Assurbanipal the mightiest of the Assyrian Kings
Flood tablet found in Assurbanipal’s library
Winged Assyrian Bull
Assyrian god Assur
Assyrian chariots
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
2nd of the 7 wonders of the world.Destroyed by earthquakes
Ruins of Nebuchadnezzar’s Babylon
Parts of Babylon had been rebuilt by Saddam Hussein
Rebuilt by Saddam Hussein
Mosul on the Tigris River
Iraq
Ishtar Gate of Babylon
Ishtar Gate at Babylon
Lion in Nebuchadnezzar's throne room
Nebuchadnezzar
First Historical Horoscope
Cyrus the Great
Cambyses – son of Cyrus who conquers Egypt
Darius - Successor of Cambyses, a member of the Ten Thousand Immortals (the King’s body guard)
Capital of a Column in Darius’ audience chamber
Persepolis - Persian capital built by Darius
Arial view of Persepolis