The Fall of Babylon

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The Fall of Babylon
Warm Up Which people in Babylon would have
thought Hammurabi was a great ruler? Who would
have thought he was terrible?
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The Fall of Babylon

• Much like after the death of Sargon, Babylon got
  weaker after Hammurabi.

Over the next few hundred years, surrounding
people took over parts of Babylon. They
continued to chip away at the empire until a
warlike nation finally conquered all of Babylon.
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Who dunnit this time?
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Assyrian Empire

• Emperor Sargon II
• -No relation to Sargon the Great
• -Conquered Babylonian areas and eventually
  Babylon itself
• -Was crowned king of Babylon (and Assyria) 710
  B.C.E until his death in 705.

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Assyrian EmpireEmperor Ashur-uballit I
900 B.C.E
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What happened to Babylon?

• Ashur-uballit claimed he wanted peace with
  Babylon. To prove it, he offers the king his
  daughters hand in marriage.
• The king in Babylon was glad to marry the
  daughter of Ashur-uballit.
• This marriage led to disastrous results, the
  Babylonian king was murdered and a pretender was
  placed on the throne. Ashur-uballit promptly
  marched into Babylon.

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Aspects of SocietyStable Food

• The Assyrians now controlled the steady supply of
  food in Mesopotamia.

• They continued the same methods of Sumer to
  create stable food.

• Learned to control the rivers with reservoirs and
  dams
• Irrigate using canals dug from the river to the
  field

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Aspects of SocietySocial System

• King- believed to be appointed by the
  gods
• Upper Class- Priests, Government officials,
  Land owners
• Middle Class- Merchants, Craftsmen, Farmers,
  Fisherman
• Slaves- owned no land of their own

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Aspects of SocietyPolitical System

• Monarchy- Emperor controlled all aspects
• Under the rule of the emperor were the governors
  of the city-states
• Scribes would serve the emperor to record laws,
  military triumphs, and harvest results

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Culture

• Arts- known for their 2-D
• reliefs that covered the
• palace walls and showed
• king as a great hunter,
• warrior, and family man

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Religion

• Ashur national god of the Assyrians
• Takes the place of Marduk in mythologies

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Technology

• Created the first Aqueducts
• This would bring clean drinking water out of the
  mountains and into Nineveh from 30 miles away
• Created the Battering Ram
• They mounted a large wooden beam onto wheels and
  were able to break through the gates to enemy
  towns
• Created Siege Towers
• To overtake walled cities

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Written Language
The Assyrians continued using cuneiform Before
this written language, everything was recorded
with pictographs
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Assyrian Empire

• At its height, the Assyrian empire was the
  largest that had ever been.

HOW LONG WILL IT LAST?
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