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From Mesopotamia To Egypt and The Complicated Eastern Mediterranean, C. 2000-1000 BCE

This lecture outline discusses the history of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the eastern Mediterranean region from around 2000 BCE to 1000 BCE. It covers the development of cities and empires in Mesopotamia, including the Akkadian Empire and Hammurabi's Law Code. In Egypt, it discusses the unification of Egypt, the rise and fall of dynasties, and the building of the Egyptian Empire under rulers like Thutmose III and Ramesses II. It also examines interactions between Egyptians and Hittites, including the Battle of Kadesh. Finally, it summarizes the collapse of the Bronze Age world in the 12th century BCE, when the Hittite Empire,

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From Mesopotamia To Egypt and The Complicated Eastern Mediterranean, C. 2000-1000 BCE

This lecture outline discusses the history of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the eastern Mediterranean region from around 2000 BCE to 1000 BCE. It covers the development of cities and empires in Mesopotamia, including the Akkadian Empire and Hammurabi's Law Code. In Egypt, it discusses the unification of Egypt, the rise and fall of dynasties, and the building of the Egyptian Empire under rulers like Thutmose III and Ramesses II. It also examines interactions between Egyptians and Hittites, including the Battle of Kadesh. Finally, it summarizes the collapse of the Bronze Age world in the 12th century BCE, when the Hittite Empire,

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HISTORY 10

SPRING 2014

From Mesopotamia to Egypt and the Complicated Eastern Mediterranean, c. 20001000


BCE
Lecture Outline, Tuesday, April 8
Guest Lecturer: Moyses Marcos, Department of History
I. History is what the evidence makes it possible to believe.
Thorkild Jacobsen, 20th century scholar of Ancient Mesopotamia
II. Mesopotamia: From city-states to Empires
A. The development of cities
B. Sargon and the Akkadian Empire, 24th century BCE
C. The role of the good king in antiquity
D. Hammurabi and his Law Code, 18th century BCE
III. Egypt: From divided kingdoms, to nation-state, to Empire
A. Narmer and the unification of Egypt, c. 3100 BCE
B. Signs of Power: Pyramids and their gradual evolution
C. Hyksos invasion and occupation of Egypt, 17th century BCE
D. Thutmose III and the building of the Egyptian Empire, 15th century BCE
E. Akhenaten and Egyptian monotheism, 14th century BCE
IV. Egyptians and the Hittites
A. Ramesses II and the Near East, 13th century BCE
B. Battle of Kadesh, c. 1274 BCE
C. Treaty of Kadesh and International Cooperation, c. 1259
V. Collapse of the Bronze Age World, c. 12th century BCE
A. The Sea Peoples
B. Mycenaean Greece destroyed
C. Hittite Empire destroyed
D. Cities of the Near East/Levant mostly destroyed
E. Egypt attacked, but survived (barely)

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