Presentation

1. Ancient Civilization:
Babylonia

2. Babylonia was a state in ancient
Mesopotamia. The city of Babylon,
whose ruins are located in present-
day Iraq, was founded more than
4,000 years ago as a small port
town on the Euphrates River. It grew
into one of the largest cities of the
ancient world under the rule of
Hammurabi

3. Mesopotamia is a historical region
situated between the rivers Tigris
and Euphrates. It corresponds to
present day Iraq, mostly, but also
parts of Iran, Syria and Turkey.

4. Hammurabi
- best remembered for the Code
of Hammurabi which was
inscribed on human-sized stone
pillars that he placed in the
towns of his realm.

5. Marduk
- chief patron god of babylon

6. Polytheism is the belief in or worship
of more than one god.

7. accomplishments
Major

8. MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Their Capital City was the Largest City in the World
sumer akkad

9. MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
They Developed the first ever Positional Number System

10. MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Babylonian Astronomy Laid the Basis for all Western
ASTRONOMY
BABYLONIAN ASTRONOMY AND CALENDAR

11. MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
They Build Massive and Marvelous Structures

12. MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
They Enacted One of the Earliest and Most Complete
legal codes
code of hammurabi

13. MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
They had a Rich and Long Tradition in Literature
EPIC OF GILGAMESH MYTH OF ETANA

14. MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Babylonia Contributed Significantly to Mesopotamian Art

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