PPT-Assyria Rules the Fertile Crescent

Chapter 4 Lesson 2 Pages 118 123 Objectives Describe the rise and fall of the Assyrian Empire in the Fertile Crescent Describe Assyrian innovations in building and ruling an empire Trace the rise and fall of the Assyrian Empires successor the Chaldean Empire. 6.8. On a historical map, locate and describe the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, Zagros and Caucuses Mountains, Persian Gulf, Caspian and Black Sea, Dead Sea and Sea of Galilee and explain why the region is referred to as the Fertile Crescent. . Mesopotamia and the Fertile Crescent. Geography of the Fertile Crescent. Section 1. What made civilization possible in Mesopotamia?. Tigris and Euphrates flooding left a fertile layer of soil for crops, which provided food for early settlements.. “Cradles of Civilization”. river valleys=rich soil & irrigation. 5,000 BC: Civilization in . Fertile Crescent. Mesopotamia=“land between 2 rivers” . Tigris & Euphrates Rivers. Mesopotamia was located in the Middle East.. The Two Empires of Mesopotamia. After the Sumerians were defeated, Mesopotamia had two main . empires. : Babylonia and Assyria. An empire is an area of many territories and people that are controlled by one government.. December . 15, 2011. Time Line. Sargon. 2350 – 2150 B.C.. Hammurabi (Babylonian Empire). 2000 – 1750 B.C. Future 2011….. Assyrians . Present time. Assyrian Empire. A Mighty military MACHINE . A Powerful Army. Assyria. Ashur (city and god). City founded by Semitic tribes (from Nineveh?). Following the Sargon's Akkadian Empire, and the 3. rd. dynasty of Ur (Sumerian Renaissance) Mesopotamia splits into two regions Assyria to the North, Babylon in the South.. Invasions of Mesopotamia. Several other civilizations also developed in and around the Fertile Crescent. As their armies battled each other for fertile land, control of the region passed from one empire to another.. by Michael Ondaatje . Ondaatje- Bio. 1943 in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Family were British Colonialists- wealthy- owned tea plantation. Father alcoholic. Ended marriage. Moved with mother first to England then to Canada.. Ahaz. rejected Isaiah’s counsel and chose to make an alliance with Assyria (see 2 Kings 16:7–20). . Judah became a vassal state, paying tribute to Assyria for protection against the threat of Syria and Israel.. ”. Madison Perry & Elizabeth Troy. What is it?. “Fertile Crescent is regarded as the birthplace of agriculture, urbanization, writing, trade, science, history, and organized religions.”. A region in the Middle East that curves (hence crescent) through southern Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and northern Egypt.. 6. th. . Grade Social Studies. Chapter 5 Lesson 1 in the World Text. The Big Picture. Around 4000 BC Egyptian farming communities were growing along the Nile River.. Another civilization was also developing in . Guide. Part 1. (Short Answer Test). Civilization. a group of people living together who have organized systems of government, education, religion, and a social structure. Systems of Government. Education. Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Provided . Fish. for Food. Used for . Trading. . Used for . Travel. . Provided . Water. to Drink. Provided . Fertile . S. oil. for Farming. How did the geographical features of the Fertile Crescent impact the civilizations?. Chapter 3 – Mesopotamia and the Fertile crescent . Words to know. Fertile Crescent. silt. irrigation. canals. surplus. division of labor. You will know. The rivers of Southwest Asia support the growth of civilization.