HIST110 Lecture Notes - Hatshepsut, Secret Passage, Rosetta Stone
24 Feb 2013
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Mesopotomia land between two rivers" euphrates + tigris. Sumerian cities: ur, eridu, erech, uruk, ubaid, larsa, lagash, nippur. Akkadian cities: kish, nippur, akkad, samarra, khafaje. Neubuchadrezzar ii (604 bc 562 bc) and new babylonian empire. Mesopotamia was a land of natural fertile because of the water that flowed through it. Refered as the fertile crescent by geographers: persian gulf arched into the nile, egypt . No overpopulation, famine and constant war between states. Sumerian cities: these small towns important because not involved in agriculture, not involved in working the land. Needed materials, resources, swords, formations to be successful, so states started to emerge (ruled by king or prince) heavily intertwined with religion. Became small federation of states designed for mutual defense. Realized there were outsiders who were interested in their wealth/resources. We know this because of cuneiform on clay tablets. Sumerians highly interested in trade: always about interest, credit. Akkadians cities: also interested in acquiring wealth/trade of sumerians.
