2 Ancient Civilizations - Bronze Age

Ancient Civilizations -Bronze Age

Ancient Civilizations

Early Societies

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Asia

africa

South America

Oceania

Antarctica

The first known civilizations:

Six cradles of civilization: Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient India, and Ancient China Ancient Peru, and Ancient Mesoamerica. Covered in week 2.

Use this map with the map handout. On the back of the handout, answer the questions. For Part B, use the Web to find your answers. For Part C, write your definitions (not the Web).

River Valley Civilizations

Examples of early river-valley civilizations include the Indus Valley Civilization, Ancient Egypt (the Nile), Mesopotamia (along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers), and Chinese civilization along the Yellow River.

Lesson 5 River Valley Civilizations, Laura Elena. This video will be in Edpuzzle. (5:30 min)

Sumer

The earliest known civilization located between the Tigris and Euprates rivers in the southernmost part of Mesopotamia. It is located in modern day Iraq near Baghdad to the Persian Gulf. Known for the oldest language, cuneiform.

Epic of Shuruppak

The Instructions of Shuruppak is a Sumerian wisdom literature piece that is thought to have influenced some biblical stories, including the Book of Proverbs. It is a set of instructions from the Sumerian king Shuruppak to his son, Ziusudra, on how to live a virtuous and pious life. The text is thought to date back to around 2500 B.C. and consists of 280 lines across three books, with some lines missing from current collections. The Instructions of Shuruppak is an example of wisdom literature, which was common in the ancient Near East and was intended to teach virtue, piety, and community standards. The text begins with the words, "In those days, in those far remote times, in those nights, in those faraway nights, in those years, in those far remote years". The instructions are spoken by the king, Shuruppak, who is the son of Ubara-Tutu, the last Sumerian king before the flood. The instructions are intended to be the final words of wisdom from Shuruppak to Ziusudra, who would survive the Great Flood. Ziusudra is also known as Utnapishtim in the Gilgamesh epic and Noah in the biblical flood narrative.

Epic of Gilgamesh

The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic from ancient Mesopotamia. The literary history of Gilgamesh begins with five Sumerian poems about Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, some of which may date back to the Third Dynasty of Ur. These independent stories were later used as source material for a combined epic in Akkadian.

Indus Valley Civilization

Also known as Harappan Civilization from 3300 to 1300 BCE in South Asia in modern-day Pakistan, north-wast India, and Northeast Afghanistan. Known for its stability, standardization, cultural growth, including 1,400 towns and cities. Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro were the largest cities.

Nile Valley Civilization

Yellow River Civilization

Oldest sources of laws:

1. Code of Ur-Nammu between 2100 and 2050 BC by the Sumerian king Ur-Nammu

2. Code of Hammurabi1792 to 1750 B.C

3. The 10 Commandments Between the 16th and 13th century B.C. or earlier. Started with Moses on Mount Sinai.

The Commandments are mentioned in Exodus, Deuteronomy, codified in Exodus 20 & 34, and Deuteronomy 5. They are taught in both the Old & New Testaments.

AsiaN Empires

In Asia, because of its huge land mass and multiple diverse cultures, there are several overlapping timelines. Also, for the same reason, different regions have different histories, but they all intersect — in myriad ways — at different points in history.

Indus Valley What happened?

The Epic of Gilgamesh is an odessy text on 12 incomplete tablets about the king of Mesopotamian city-state Uruk (Erech). One of the oldest stories known.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Epic-of-Gilgamesh

City-States

Early river valley civilizations formed along the banks of rivers around the time of the Neolithic Revolution, approximately 12,000 BCE. Rivers provided a steady water supply and fertile land for growing crops, making them attractive locations for the first civilizations.A city-state political system consisted of an independent city with sovereignty over a contiguous territory and served as a center and leader of political, economic, and cultural life.

Code of Ur-Nammu

The oldest law code yet found in Mesopotamia. Statements of royal power, such as "I eliminated enmity, violence, and cries for justice".

• The code is made up of casuistic statements, which are "if... then..." statements

https://www.worldhistory.org/Code_of_Ur-Nammu/