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no wood in the area; steel had not yet been invented
bricks
at the top of the structure
to get it as close as possible to the sky, where the people believed the gods lived
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4. Mesopotamia

5. Mesopotamia- The land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers at the eastern end of the Fertile Crescent.

6. Sumer
City-states established around 3000 BC.

8. Sumer
Religion- Polytheistic Writing- Cuneiform, wedge shaped impressions in clay Scribes- professional writers

12. The Epic of Gilgamesh

13. Ziggurat
Sumerian temple

15. Sumerian Technology
Wagon wheel Potters wheel Sundial Arch Bronze (copper and tin) Number system based on 60

19. Akkadians
2340 BC. Sargon established the first empire in world history

20. Babylon

21. Hammurabi
Hammurabi- Babylonian king

22. The Code of Hammurabi
282 laws- strict justice (two Principles) 1. Retaliation 2. Establish the principle that government had a responsibility for what occurred in society.

28. Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia: The land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers at the
eastern end of the Fertile Crescent.
Sumer-established cities by 3000 BC
City-states
Ziggurat-Sumerian temple
Akkadians 2340 BC
Sargon established the first empire in world history.
1792 BC, Babylon
Hammurabi, Babylonian King
The code of Hammurabi
282 laws strict justice-two principles
1. Retaliation
2. Establish the principle that government had a responsibility
for what occurred in society.   
Sumer
Religion-Polytheistic
Writing-Cuneiform-wedge shaped impressions in clay
Scribes-professional writes
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Technology
-wagon wheel
-potters wheel
-sundial
-arch
-bronze (copper and tin)
-number system based on 60