Contributions of Mesopotamian cultures

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Contributions of Mesopotamian cultures

Sumerians arch, wheel, plow, & sail ziggurat and cuneiform governed by large land owners astronomy & fortune telling number system - 6’s & 12’s concept of city-state

Babylonians Hammurabi’s Law Code imperial government first to build Babylon

Hittites iron

Phoenicians alphabet & writing with phonetic symbols commerce & shipbuilding dyes and other products murex

Hebrews (Israelites, Jews) monotheism Old Testament concept of human dignity Judaism

Assyrians warfare: weapons, armor, cavalry, tactics, catapult and other siege tools postal service some roads built city of Ninevah improved writing

Assyrian Treasures

Chaldeans astrology rebuilt city of Babylon Hanging Gardens of Babylon captivity of the Jews planned cities

HANGING GARDENS

Lydians coins

Persians Zoroasterianism separated civilians & military national highways more just government spread of coins first federal government