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Fertile Crescent
Empires
Sumerians
Babylonians
Hittites
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Government
Religion
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City/ State
Dynasty
Ruled by Warrior
Chief
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Polytheism
Deities Controlled
Natural Forces
ziggurat
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Writing
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Cuneiform
Language
Epic of Gilgamesh
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Math System based
on the number 60
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Still divide the day
in 60 increments
Math and Science
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Circle 360 degrees
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Developed
Geometry
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City/State
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Hammurabi’s Code
Codified Law system 
Followed Sumerian
Religion
Adopted Cuneiform
Writing
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Perfected the
Arch
Ziggurats
(Tower of
Babel)
Time keeping
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Centralized Gvt
(empire)
Indo European
People
Developed Law
Code
Polytheistic
Theocracy
(no separation
between “church”
and state)
Adopted Cuneiform
The Assyrians / Chaldeans
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Kingdom
Relied on Military and
terror for power
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Built temples for
Sumerian Gods
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Adopted Cuneiform
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Horse Drawn
Chariot
Iron working
Technology
Phoenicians
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Nebuchadnezzar II
built Hanging
Gardens of Babylon
Ziggurats
Calendar based on
the moon
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Empire based on
Trade not military
Built Colonies
around
Mediterranean Sea
(Carthage)
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Polytheists
Sacrifice to avoid
disasters
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Developed the
Phoenician
Alphabet
(modern alphabet
based of Phoenician
Alphabet)
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Expert Sailors
Ship Builders
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Architecture
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(arches, ramps,
columns)
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Arts
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Epic of Gilgamesh
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Standard of Ur
Early Frescoes
Painted in 3d
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Trade
Traded textiles for
metal, timber and
stone
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Traded food surplus
for raw materials
such as copper, gold
and wood
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Made Iron
ornaments
Iron used for
tools and
weapons
Diffusion of their
language to Greek,
Hindi and Russian
Sold Copper and
bronze across
Mesopotamia
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Great Library of
Nineveh (20,000
Cuneiform Tablets
including the Epic of
Gilgamesh)
System of Roads and
Canals
Collapse of Assyrian
Empire caused trade
routes to be rerouted
through 2nd Babylon
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Used Purple
dye
Glass blowing
Traded Goods, ivory
carvings, silver
work and slaves