HIST 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Akkadian Language, Fertile Crescent, Lugal
Document Summary
Chosen representatives, kings, generals (military), not gods. Predates egypt by at least 500 yrs. Made out of bricks of mud, not very durable. Nearby villages were abandoned as uruk grew larger. Style pottery- 75% of all artifacts- mass production (ration system?) First empire- conqueror of many different people. A noble sent of the palace and raised by peasants. Used military might to gain control over sumerian civilizations. War and trade become monopoly of the king. Goes into decline a few generations after sargon. Brings babylon from village to important city until expansion of islam. Women capable of owning property, granted protection. Gives us a view of everyday life. 3 very clear periods of this empire. First 1800 years they function as a border empire. Changes with the late bronze age collapse (1200 bc) People move in from the outside- the sea peoples. Connection in the ancient world, all these empires are touching. 900 bce - the neo assyrian empire.
