Hittites- Most influential Indo-European migrants. They built a powerful empire and made close relations with the Mesopotamians. Adapted cuneiform writing into their own language. After their kingdom fell they became apart of the Babylonian empire.
Cuneiform was a system of writing created in Mesopotamia around 3,000 BCE. Scribes used a reed to make “wedge shaped” indentations on a clay tablet. Cuneiform started as way of keeping track of business transactions but was later used to create alphabets for the languages spoken in Ancient Mesopotamia. The Code of Hammurabi (discussed later) was written in cuneiform.
To began, the ancient civilization of the Mesopotamian invented cuneiform. Cuneiform was the first written developed by the Sumerians over 5000 years ago (Doc. 1). That is one of the most important inventions in the world. That paved the way for writing in the future. The used cuneiform to keep records , document, business dealings , barley and to pass down new ideas
Ancient Mesopotamia had four first cities: Sumer, Uruk, Ur, and Babylon. Sumer is located in modern day Iraq. The people of Sumer are known as Sumerians. Sumerians built many cities and because they lacked stone and timber they used mud bricks to build with instead. They influenced many cities with their arches, ramps, columns and pyramid shaped ziggurat (Document 1).
We do not know where they actually came from. ➢ The Sumerians were very smart. They created many things to make their life easier and more comfortable to help their civilization grow. ➢ They developed many important aspects of human life such as the first written language, mathematics, astronomy, a calendar, and irrigation systems, As you can see the Sumerians from ancient Mesopotamia were extremely important in shaping modern civilization.
Basic weapons included axes, knives, arrowheads, swords and daggers. Sumerians developed complex writing and number systems, which relied mainly on clay and symbols. The first wheeled-vehicles were also an accomplishment of the Sumerians, a simple chariot. The use of a single language in a community was evident north of Sumerian city-states by Akkadian peoples who spoke a Semitic language.
These civilizations were located in what is now southwestern Asia. Each had great contributions to the future societies. To start, the Sumerians created cuneiform script. It was the world’s first written language. (Doc. 1) Cuneiform means wedge shaped.
Hammurabi was one of the first rulers of Mesopotamia, and also the very first written list of laws, which helped establish Mesopotamia as a leading civilization. Document #2 states that Hammurabi created his laws to destroy the wicked and evil-doers; so that the strong should not harm the weak, and to protect the citizens from falling. The early city-states started to become centralized which led them to create a council of 120 men to help the citizens. Also, document #2, talks about how as Hammurabi grew his empire he saw the need to unify the various groups he controlled. It is clear that Mesopotamia was a leader in an early form of government and laws making them the first civilization in human
His codes were a few of the earliest forms of laws recorded. His laws covered everything from marriage, stealing, death, bad behavior, and accidents. Hammurabi was a descendant of the Amorites, which were nomadic people of a tribe in western syria. Hammurabi 's name in Amorite means family. After Hammurabi died his sons took over Babylon, but they were not as strong of leaders as Hammurabi and the kingdom grew weaker.
NAFTA is an agreement between Mexico, Canada, and the United States that came into effect on January 1st, 1994; this treaty held a lot of historical significance since it was a turning point for Canada’s development and for the prosperity they would face in the following decades. NAFTA stands for North American Free Trade Agreement; and as the name implies, it was a trade agreement that eliminated tariffs from being placed on imported and exported goods between the three countries. The origins of the treaty came from the FTA, which was another trade agreement established a few years prior on January 1st, 1989, between America and Canada. When the U.S. and Mexico were in negotiations of making a trade agreement similar to the FTA; Canada stepped
They were the first people to use the irrigation system. That is why in Mesopotamia they had a surplus of crops. In Egypt they did a lot of mining. They found things like gold and turned it into jewelry. In India they did a lot of engineering.
The first point that Hebrews exhibit all features of a civilization is after their Exodus from Egypt and rise in Jerusalem, in my opinion. Although the Hebrews did live in tribes and show pieces of civilizations beforehand, they had adopted aspects of the Mesopotamian civilization and did not fit into all categories for a civilization. The Hebrews needed to exhibit several things, on their own, and those things are: a writing system, complex government, job specialization, complex religion, art and architecture, rise in cities, public works, and finally social classes. To start, Moses helped them with religion and transformed them into a nation in the early 13th century, as well as, helped them believe in Yahweh, the one god. After Moses, the Hebrews had their first king, Saul, which can be assumed that at this point they had a complex government.
Comparing to the role of the prophets in the Old Testament to the role of pastor of Christian leader today, they are some similarities that we can identified, for example: 1. They both were God's chosen people that were called to be God's messenger in proclaiming God's message to God's people. 2. They both were responsible for the spiritual life of the people that God entrusted us with. 3.
Early civilizations in the Bronze Age (3300-1300 BCE) such as the Sumerians, Mesopotamians, Phoenicians, and Egyptians concerned their daily life pleasing the gods or
In this time this where the Nile river was built, where structured religious started when pharaohs were considered Gods, the adaption of writing hieroglyphs, the prediction of annual rise and fall of Nile floods enabled state agriculture system,and when desert offered protection from warring tribes. All of these major events happening during this period and lead to some accomplishments. From 1500 Through 550 B.C where was the Hittites, Assyrians, and the Persians were established. The Hittites discovered smelting, iron made stronger and more durable tools and weapons, and how the use of horse traveling started. The Assyrians formed militarism, had an empire reach from Persian gulf to the Nile river, and this lead to the first universal empired formed.
