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1 Created the world’s first empire by conquering the
Sumerian city-states. Hammurabi Nebuchadnezzar Shamshi-Adad Hittites Sargon I Persians

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4 Created an empire that stretched from the Nile river
To the Indus river, built the royal road, and a Magnificent city called Persepolis. Hammurabi Nebuchadnezzar Shamshi-Adad Hittites Sargon I Persians

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7 Built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the
7 wonders of the ancient world. Hammurabi Nebuchadnezzar Shamshi-Adad Hittites Sargon I Persians

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10 The Assyrian empire was created by this person.
Hammurabi Nebuchadnezzar Shamshi-Adad Hittites Sargon I Persians

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13 The first to use iron weapons and they created a legal
system that was less harsh than the Babylonians. Hammurabi Nebuchadnezzar Shamshi-Adad Hittites Sargon I Persians

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16 Developed and made public an organized system or
Code of laws, each with a specific puishment. Hammurabi Nebuchadnezzar Shamshi-Adad Hittites Sargon I Persians

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19 Became the king by murdering the king of Kish, taking
His throne and building his own army. Hammurabi Nebuchadnezzar Shamshi-Adad Hittites Sargon I Persians

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22 The Assyrian empire was created by this person.
Hammurabi Nebuchadnezzar Shamshi-Adad Hittites Sargon I Persians

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25 In 540 BCE Cyrus II built a strong army and led this empire in
Its conquest of the Fertile Crescent. At one time this empire Ruled 50 million people Hammurabi Nebuchadnezzar Shamshi-Adad Hittites Sargon I Persians

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28 Around 1792 BCE this ruler created the Babylonian empire
And came to control all of Mesopotamia. Hammurabi Nebuchadnezzar Shamshi-Adad Hittites Sargon I Persians

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31 The Chaldeans were ruled by this person and contributed
A great deal to the study of astronomy by mapping the stars And planets. Hammurabi Nebuchadnezzar Shamshi-Adad Hittites Sargon I Persians

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