Friday, February 15

Today we took more notes on the powerpoint.  Mr. Schick also got a pointer thing and was very excited over it.
Civilization in Mesopotamia

• Sumer was conquered by the Akkadians in 2350 B.C 
• The Akkadian gods took the place of the previous Sumerian gods and all were forced to worship them
• King Hammurabi of Babylon created a series of laws known as "Hammurabi's Code"

The Expansion of Mesopotamian Civilization

• Indo-Europeans were people from the grasslands of the Russian Steppe who introduced the horse to the Near East
• the warlike Indo-European tribe known as the Hittites settled in Asia Minor 
• The Hittites had lucrative trade in metals and conquered nearly all of their neighbors, even threatening Egypt