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Day 10

Day 10. What is an epic? What does the Epic of Gilgamesh tell us about life in ancient Sumer?. Sumer. S. region of Mesopotamia By 3000 BCE # of cities Same culture But different rulers. Sumerian Religion. Polytheist Each city had a Patron god or small group of gods

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Day 10

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  1. Day 10 • What is an epic? • What does the Epic of Gilgamesh tell us about life in ancient Sumer?

  2. Sumer • S. region of Mesopotamia • By 3000 BCE # of cities • Same culture • But different rulers

  3. Sumerian Religion • Polytheist • Each city had a • Patron god or small group of gods • Common war tactic = steal cult statues • Why? • Deprive the enemy city of its • Divine residents & protectors

  4. Afterlife - GEOGRAPHY!! • Elaborate burial rituals • “Land of no return” • Bleak • Why?

  5. Sumerian Society • Highest level  ______, _______, _____ • Middle  merchants • Bottom  farmers & artisans • Majority of population • Lowest  Slaves • Foreigners captured in war • Debt

  6. Women in Sumerian Society • Could • Be merchants, farmers or artisans • Hold property • Join priesthood • Receive an education • (upper-class only) • More rights than later civilizations

  7. Downfall • 3000 to 2000 Sumer constantly @ war • Conquered by outsiders • Never recovered but their civilization lived on • Why? • Cultural diffusion • 1. technology – wheel, sail, plow • 2. arithmetic and geometry • 3. architecture (ziggurat) • 4. WRITING!

  8. Sargon I of Akkad •  Created the world’s 1st empire  • Control & bring together different peoples • Legacy: • Helped spread Sumerian culture • Dynasty lasted 200 yrs

  9. Sargon I of Akkad • The legend of Sargon • “The True King” • Reign: lasted  56 yrs (24th century BCE) • Conquered • Sumer (c. 2350 BCE) • All of Mesopotamia • Coast along Mediterranean Sea • Iran • Great military leader & subject for epics

  10. Sargon I of Akkad

  11. Babylonian Empire • Amorites • Nomadic warriors • Conquered Sumer (2000 BCE) • Capital = Babylon • Peak  Hammurabi (1792-1750 BCE) • Codified • One of the earliest sets of laws

  12. Code of Hammurabi • Single, uniform code of law • Goal  unify diverse groups within his empire

  13. Code of Hammurabi • 282 specific laws • Dealt w/ everything that affected the community • Mostly  property • Women & children • protected from unfair treatment • Laws were simply stated • Punishments clear • Range from fines to death

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