Famous Rulers of Mesopotamia

Gilgamesh (2650 BC) - Gilgamesh is the fifth king of Umq in Umbria. In later legends and stories, he was called a semi-god with superhuman powers like Gilgamesh epic.

Emperor Saargon (2334 BC - located in 2279 BC) - Salgon the Great, or Aqal's Sargon, established the world's first empire, Akad Empire. He conquered many Sumerian city states and bound them.

Naram - Shin (2254 BC - 2218 BC) - The Akkadian Empire reached a climax under the rule of Naram Singh. He was the ruler of the first Mesopotamia claiming to be God. He is also the grandson of Sargon.

Hamrabi (1792 - governed in 1752 BC) - Hamrabi is the sixth king of Babylon and founded the first Babylonian empire. His most famous is the establishment of a series of laws and regulations called Hammurabi Code.

Nabopolassar (658 - 605 BC) - Nabopolassar beat the Assyrian Empire and allied with Medes to conquer Nineveh. Then he founded the second Babylonian Empire and dominated for twenty years.

Nebuchadnezzar II (634 BC - 562 BC) - Nebuchadnezzar II expanded the Babylonian Empire and conquered Judah and Jerusalem. He also made a famous Babylonian hanging garden. Because Nebuchadnezzar conquered the Jews and made them exile, they were mentioned many times in the Bible.

Shamshi-Adad I (Between 1813 and 1791 BC) - Shamshi-Adad conquered many neighboring cities in the northern part of Mesopotamia. He is an excellent leader and organizer. He founded the first Assyrian Empire

Tiglath-Pileser III (745 BC - 727 AD) - Tiglath-Pileser III introduced many advances in the Assyrian Empire, including military and political systems. He established the world 's first professional permanent army and greatly expanded the Assyrian Empire.

Sennacheri (ruled from 705 BC to 681 BC) - Sennacheri conquered Babylon City. He also rebuilt the majority of Nineveh in the city of Assyria and transformed it into the big city of ancient history.

Ashurbanipal (Governance between 668 and 627 BC) - Ashurbanipal is the last force of the Assyrian Empire. He built a large library in over 30,000 clay tablets in Nineveh, the capital. He ruled Assyria for 42 years, but the Empire began to decline after his death.

Cyrus the Great (from 580 BC to 530 BC) - When Cyrus took power and defeated Midet and conquered Babylonia, he established the Persian Empire (also known as the Achaemenian Empire). He believes in human rights, allowing the country he conquers to worship their own religion. He returned the expelled Jew to Jerusalem.

Darius I (550 - 486 BC) - Darius I dominated the apex of the Persian empire. He divided the land into provinces ruled by satraps. Darius invaded Greece during the first Persian War, and his troops were defeated by the Greeks in the marathon fight.

Xerxes I (519-465 BC) - Xerxes I am the fourth king of Persia. He returned to Greece in the second Persian War. He defeated the Spartans in the famous fight of Thermopylae and dominated the City of Athens. But his navy was defeated in the battle of Salamis, and he returned to Persia.

Along with the decline of the Sumerian civilization, Mesopotamia was united again by the rulers of the Semites (2000 BC to 1600 BC) like the Babylonian Babylonian Rabbis. His hands do not intersect, but the embossed representative of the ruler of his famous legend (BC, Louvre) remains the same as the statue of Guadia, and there is no intermediary before the sun god Shamasz . It will appear together. The most primitive art of the Babylonian era was born from Mali, such as architecture, sculpture, metalwork, mural paintings. Like most Mesopotamian arts, animals behave more naturally than humans. Small bands from Mari and other cities introduce the everyday scenes with musicians, boxers, carpenters and farmers. These statements are more realistic than statements in solemn religion and official art.

Goals • Understand the inheritance of complex civilizations of Mesopotamia • Learn how Mesopotamian art and architecture was established to commemorate ruler and gods - Understand cultural themes, themes, representatives of the gods . Animal-style nomadic art • Chapter 3, "Near East's Ancient Art", "Art History", page 70 - 91 - Main sources: Epic of Gilgamesh (excerpt) • Major sources Reading: Hang rabbi code Excerpts) • Main materials readings: poems of heaven and hell from ancient Mesopotamia (excerpts) • Record reading