MMW 11 Lecture 10: Lecture 10 Notes

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 11
• Professor: David Jordan

Document Summary

Mesopotamian geography: assyrian capital = mosul = ninevah, two rivers are common: tigris and euphrates throughout mesopotamia, babylonia (includes babylon) = where tigris and euphrates almost touch = modern. Baghdad: mesopotamia valley between tigris and euphrates stretching from ~turkish border to. Persian gulf: area south of babylon sumer in southern half and akkad in northern half, north of babylon assyria. Tokens represented the products in the trade: 2300 sargon of akkad conquers sumer and establishes akkadian empire centered at. Agade in northern akkad (near southwest baghdad: 2100 ur-nammu of ur destroys akkadian empire -> creates third dynasty of ur. Elamite sideshow: far south, east of persian gulf coast, 2000 elamites create empire on mesopotamian outskirts, 200 they briefly conquer ur, but are mainly interested farther east. Interesting mostly in the mountains, away from conventional mesopotamia. 1500 old babylonians: extending from center of mesopotamia, babylon, 1750 hammurabi rules babylonian empire and issues legal code. Showed what life was like in mesopotamia.