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Ch2 4 river valley civ skf
1. Chapter 2
4 early River Valley Civilizations
• Mesopotamia [Sumer] (Tigris & Euphrates Rivers)
• Egyptians (Nile River)
• Indus Valley (Indus River)
• Ancient China (Huang He River)
2. “The Four Early River Valley Civilizations”
• Mesopotamia [Sumer] (Tigris & Euphrates Rivers)
City-States in Mesopotamia
3. “The Four Early River Valley Civilizations”
City-States in Mesopotamia
I. GEOGRAPHY
A. Mostly dry desert climate in SW Asia (Middle East)
1. Except in region between Tigris / Euphrates rivers
2. a flat plain known as Mesopotamia lies between the
two rivers
3. Because of this region’s shape and the richness of its soil,
it is called the Fertile Crescent.
Fertile
Crescent
4. B. Three Disadvantages / Environmental Challenges
Sumerians were first to settle in this region, attracted by the rich soil.
1. Unpredictable flooding / dry summer months
2. No natural barriers for protection
- small villages lying in open plain were defenseless
3. Limited natural resources
- stone, wood, metal
PP Design of T. Loessin; Akins H.S.
5. Chapter 2 Lecture Outline: “The Four Early River Valley Civilizations”
City-States in Mesopotamia
I. GEOGRAPHY
C. Solutions
1. Irrigation ditches
2. Built city walls with
mud bricks
3. Traded with people
around them
for the products
they lacked.
Initiated Bronze Age.
6. The Ziggurat at Ur was first by British archaeologist Woolley in 1923.
7. Chapter 2 Lecture Outline: “The Four Early River Valley Civilizations”
City-States in Mesopotamia
The City-State Structure of Government
Dynasty – a series of rulers descending from a
single family line.
8. Cultural diffusion is the spread of elements of one culture to another people,
generally through trade.
Can you give examples of cultural diffusion in your society today?
9. Chapter 2 Lecture Outline: “The Four Early River Valley Civilizations”
City-States in Mesopotamia
III. SUMERIAN CULTURE
A. RELIGION
1. Belief in many gods - polytheism
Marduk, the Dragon god
A Sumerian warrior-god, gold figurine, ca. 2,400-2,500 B.C.E.
10. DID YOU KNOW…
Gilgamesh Epic, one of the earliest works of literature.
Like many ancient civilizations, the Sumerians also had “a flood story.”
That’s not surprising given their challenging environment sitting
between two unpredictable rivers indeed, destroy their “entire world.”
Tablet XI
GREAT WEBSITE to visit:
GILGAMESH
Great website to visit: http://gilgamesh.psnc.pl/
11. “The Four Early River Valley Civilizations”
City-States in Mesopotamia
III. SUMERIAN CULTURE
B. SOCIETY
1. Three social classes
a. Priests and royalty (kings)
b. Wealthy merchants
c. Ordinary workers
2. Women
a. Had more rights than in many later civilizations
Left: Statue of Sumerian woman with hands
clasped at chest,
ca. 2600-2300 B.C. Right: Gypsum statue
of man and
woman at Inanna Temple at Nippur, circa
2600-2300 B.C.
12. Chapter 2 Lecture Outline: “The Four Early River Valley Civilizations”
City-States in Mesopotamia
III. SUMERIAN CULTURE
C. SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1. One of the first writing systems - Cuneiform
13. “The Four Early River Valley Civilizations”
City-States in Mesopotamia
III. SUMERIAN CULTURE
C. SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
1. One of the first writing systems - Cuneiform
2. Invented wheel, the sail, the plow
3. First to use bronze.
14. “The Four Early River Valley Civilizations”
City-States in Mesopotamia
First EMPIRE Builders
1. Took control of the region, creating world’s first empire -
when several peoples, nations, or independent
states are placed under the control of one ruler.
15. 2. The Akkadian Empire lasted about 200 years, 2350 – approx. 2150 B.C.E.
16. “The Four Early River Valley Civilizations”
City-States in Mesopotamia
C. Babylonian Empire
1. Overtook Sumerians around 2,000 B.C.
2. Built capital, Babylon, on Euphrates river
17. Chapter 2 Lecture Outline: “The Four Early River Valley Civilizations”
City-States in Mesopotamia
C. Babylonian Empire
1. Overtook Sumerians around 2,000 B.C.E.
2. Built captial, Babylon, on Euphrates river
3. Reign of Hammurabi [1792-1750 B.C.E.]
18. 3. Reign of Hammurabi
a. Famous Code of Law
• he wisely took all the laws of the region’s city-states
and unified them into one code. This helped unify
the region.
A total of 282 laws are etched on this 7 ft. 5 in. tall black basalt pillar (stele). The top
portion, shown here, depicts Hammurabi with Shamash, the sun god. Shamash is
presenting to Hammurabi a staff and ring, which symbolize the power to administer
the law. Although Hammurabi's Code is not the first code of laws (the first records
date four centuries earlier), it is the best preserved legal document reflecting the
social structure of Babylon during Hammurabi's rule.
This amazing find was discovered in 1901 and today is in the famous Louvre Museum
in Paris, France.
19. 4 early River Valley Civilizations
• Mesopotamia [Sumer] (Tigris & Euphrates Rivers)
• •Egyptians (Nile River)
Egyptians (Nile River)
• Indus Valley (Indus River)
• Ancient China (Huang He River)
20. “The Four Early River Valley Civilizations”
• Mesopotamia [Sumer] (Tigris & Euphrates Rivers)
• Egypt (Nile River)
ENTER
21.
22. Chapter 2 Lecture Outline: “The Four Early River Valley Civilizations”
Egypt on the Nile
I. GEOGRAPHY
B. Upper and Lower Egypt
1. Most of Egypt’s history focused around
Lower Egypt,
around the Nile delta which flows into the
Mediterranean Sea.
Nile- provided reliable transportation
Environment:
Unlike Mesopotamia, the Nile was predictable
Deserts on both sides of Nile provided
natural
protection against invaders. Also, reduced
interaction with other people
PP Design of T. Loessin; Akins H.S.
23. Chapter 2 Lecture Outline: “The Four Early River Valley Civilizations”
Egypt on the Nile
II. UNITED EGYPT’S GOVERNMENT
C. The Pharaoh [means, royal house] – the ruler of Egypt
1. were considered gods; served both political and religious
roles
Type of government where the political rulers are thought to be
divinely-guided, is a theocracy.
2. Therefore, Pharaoh’s tomb very important, because it was still a place of rule.
pyramids- massive tombs.
The pyramids were built mainly
in
the Old Kingdom Period.
The Great Pyramids at Giza.
24. Chapter 2 Lecture Outline: “The Four Early River Valley Civilizations”
Egypt on the Nile
IV. EGYPTIAN WRITING
. Form of writing- hieroglyphics- picture writing where sylables
represent object or sounds
. Written on Papyrus, unfurled reed from the Nile, dried into strips
The Rosetta Stone, discovered in 1799 A.D.
Ancient Egyptian artifact to advance understanding
of hieroglyphic writing. It was in 3 languages
25. The Rosetta Stone, discovered in 1799 A.D.
The Rosetta Stone can be viewed by
tourists today in the British Museum.
26. The pyramid at Saqqara is believed by archaeologists to be one of the earliest.
27. A modern-day Egyptian guide uses
his Coleman lantern to illuminate
the amazing hieroglyphic text
covering the walls deep within the
tunnels below the Saqqara
pyramid.
28. An artist’s conception of the building of the great Khufu pyramid at Giza, Sphinx in foreground.
31. Chapter 2 Lecture Outline: “The Four Early River Valley Civilizations”
Egypt on the Nile
III. EGYPTIAN
CULTURE
B. SOCIAL STRUCTURE
• Royal Family
• Upper class
Landowners (also known as aristocracy or nobility)
Priests
Army commanders
Government officials
• Middle Class
(merchants / artisans)
• Lower class
(peasant farmers, unskilled
laborers
Socially Mobile classes
Not “locked in”,
lower and middle classes A. Harvesting grain; B. Musicians play for the workers
could rise up through marriage in the fields; C. Women winnowing the grain; D.
or through merit (success). Scribes tally the farmer’s taxes; E. The farmer’s son
tending the livestock / cattle.
32. : “The Four Early River Valley Civilizations”
Egypt on the Nile
III. EGYPTIAN CULTURE
A. RELIGION
1. Polytheistic
a. Over 2,000
b. Belief in afterlife!
mummification – embalming and preserving the corpse to prevent it from
decaying.
Above: jars for the body’s various organs.
Right: Coffin of a Middle Kingdom government official.
33. The earliest ancient
Egyptians buried their dead
in small pits in the desert.
The heat and dryness of the
sand dehydrated the bodies
quickly, creating lifelike and
natural 'mummies'.
Later, the ancient Egyptians began burying their dead in coffins to protect them
from wild animals in the desert. However, they realized that bodies placed in
coffins decayed when they were not exposed to the hot, dry sand of the desert.
Over many centuries, the ancient Egyptians developed a method of preserving
bodies so they would remain lifelike. The process included embalming the bodies
and wrapping them in strips of linen. Today we call this process mummification.
34. The mummy of Ramses II (1304 -1237 BC ) still preserved today, 3,200 years later,
at the Cairo Museum.
Cylinder seal of Ibni-sharrum, a scribe of Shar-kali-sharri (left) and impression (right), ca. 2183–2159 B.C.; Akkadian, reign of Shar-kali-sharri. Mesopotamia. Cuneiform inscription in Old Akkadian. Serpentine; H. 3.9 cm (1 1/2 in.); Diam. 2.6 cm (1 in.). Musée du Louvre, Département des Antiquités Orientales, Paris AO 22303. This seal, which according to the cuneiform inscription belonged to Ibni-sharrum, the scribe of king Shar-kali-sharri, is one of the finest examples of the perfection achieved by the engravers of the Akkadian period. Two nude heroes with long curls are represented kneeling on one knee in a strictly symmetrical composition. Each of them holds a vase with water gushing forth, a symbol of fertility and abundance; two water buffalo are drinking from them. Underneath, a river winds its way between the mountains, represented in a conventional manner by a motif composed of two lines of scales. In the center of the composition, the text panel containing the inscription is supported on the backs of the buffalo. These animals are evidence of the relations existing between the Akkadian Empire and the region of Meluhha, identified with the Indus Valley, where they originated. The engraver carefully detailed their powerful musculature and their spectacular horns, which he depicted as they appear on Indus seals in a view from above. The calm equilibrium of the composition, based on horizontal and vertical lines, confers on this minuscule relief a monumentality entirely characteristic of the late Akkadian period style. Seals of this quality were the monopoly of relatives of the royal family or of high officials, and probably came from a workshop, where production was reserved for these elite figures.
The Babylonian civilization, which endured from the 18th until the 6th century BC, was, like the Sumerian that preceded it, urban in character, although based on agriculture rather than industry. The country consisted of a dozen or so cities, surrounded by villages and hamlets. At the head of the political structure was the king, a more or less absolute monarch who exercised legislative and judicial as well as executive powers. The Babylonians modified and transformed their Sumerian heritage in accordance with their own culture and ethos. The resulting way of life proved to be so effective that it underwent relatively little change for some 1200 years. It exerted influence on all the neighboring countries, especially the kingdom of Assyria, which adopted Babylonian culture almost in its entirety. More than 1200 years had elapsed from the glorious reign of Hammurabi to the subjugation of Babylonia by the Persians. During this long span of time the Babylonian social structure, economic organization, arts and crafts, science and literature, judicial system, and religious beliefs underwent considerable modification, but generally only in details, not in essence. Grounded almost wholly on the culture of Sumer, Babylonian cultural achievements left a deep impression on the entire ancient world, and particularly on the Hebrews and the Greeks. Even present-day civilization is indebted culturally to Babylonian civilization to some extent. For instance, Babylonian influence is pervasive throughout the Bible and in the works of such Greek poets as Homer and Hesiod, in the geometry of the Greek mathematician Euclid, in astronomy, in astrology, and in heraldry. Babylonian legal concepts have been inherited, in one form or another, by many civilizations around the world. Babylonian art and architecture continues to amaze contemporary historians. One such example, a wonder of the ancient world, was the Babylonian Hanging Gardens.
T he Egyptians invented a form of writing called hieroglyphics. Hieroglyphs are little pictures. Some stand for an object. For example, a picture of a cow means 'cow.' But they also stand for sounds. In English, you could use the sign of a cow to write the first half of the word 'cow-ard.' The same sign would stand for different words that sound alike, such as 'see' and 'sea.' People wrote with a reed pen, or fine brush, and ink. (A) GROUP SIGNS (B) LETTER SIGNS (C) SENSE SIGNS
The famous golden mask of Tutankhamun and the less well known solid gold mask of Psusennes. Tjuyu and Yuya - Parents of Queen Tiy - Mother of Akhnaton.