1. Hunter Flynn, Trevor Janoskie, Daniel Jenkins, and Sam Kuhn

2. Early Sumerian maps.

3.  Located on the Euphrates river  Mostly rely on trade and agriculture  Speak Sumerian  Invented cuneiform  Invented plow, wheel, and sail

5.  Polythiestic - believed in many gods  3 main gods- Enki, Inanna and Enlil

6. RRuled by a priest king and high priests 33 groups of citizens WWomen were not equal to men

7.  Lived from 1792-1750 B.C  He took a little city and turned it into a vast empire  Code of Hammurabi ◦ 282 laws

9.  3000 B.C- Civilized culture develops  2230 B.C- Akkadian Dynasty ends

10.  2130 B.C- Sumer regains independence from Akkadian rule

11.  1300 B.C- Assyrians control all of Mesopotamia

12. 11000 B.C- Fall of the empire

13. Map of the Empire.

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