Social Studies 7 report

Mesopotamia
By Meghan

This Ziggurat was a pyrimidal structure. Unlike most pyramids, it had a flat top. It was very important to the Sumerians, Babylonians, and Assyrians of Mesopotamia. The step pyramids style began in the early dynastic period. It has a ramp leading to the summit, or a spiral ramp from the base. At the summit there was a temple or shrine.


This is a timeline from 5000 B.C. to 0 B.C. for Sumer, Babylon, Assyria, and Persia. Babylon was ruled first by the Akkadians from 2330 to 2112 then by the Amorites in 1750, by the Kassites in 1159 and finally by the Chaldeans from 606 to 525.



Here is a painting of The hanging gardens. The Hanging Gardens was a wonder of the ancient world. King Nebuchadnezzar had it build for his wife, Amyitis, who was from Media. She missed the meadows and mountains. The Hanging Gardens was said to be more than a hundred feet tall. Herodotus states that the wall was 80 feet thick, 320 feet high, had 250 watchtowers and 100 bronze gates.



This is a statue of Hammurabi, one of the most successful kings of Babylonia. Hammurabi, who created Hammurabi's code, was the sixth king of Babylon. He extended Babylon's control over Mesopotamia by winning a lot of wars against other kings. Although his empire controlled all of Mesopotamia when he died, the later kings could not to maintain his empire.



This is a map of Babylon. Babylon belonged to many civilizations, including the Chaldeans, Sumerians, and Kassites. Nebuchadnezzar is one of the most famous kings who conquered Babylon because he built the Hanging Gardens. Here is a list of the kings of Babylon in the first Dynasty.

Sumu-abum ruled for 14 years

Sumu-la-el ruled for 36 years

Sabium ruled for 14 years

Abil-Sin ruled for 18 years

Sin-muballit ruled 20 years

Hammu-rapi ruled for 43 years

Samsu-iluna ruled 38 years

Abi-eshuh ruled for 28 years

Ammi-Ditana ruled for 37 years

Ammi-Zaduga ruled for 21 years

Samsu-Ditana ruled 32 years

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