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The Great Achievements of the Four Mesopotamian Empires Achievements of the Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, and Neo-Babylonian empires Great Ziggurat Of Ur. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 21 Feb 2014. http://quest.eb.com/images/118_844653 http://quest.eb.com/images/118_844653
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What were the most important achievements of the four empires?
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The Akkadian Empire, lead by Sargon, was the first Mesopotamian empire, and they had many war and fighting achievements. -First off, Sargon trained his army to fight in tight formations of shields in fronts with spears extended between shields for organization and protection -Second, Sargon learned to use tributes to build up cities and gain power -Third, the Akkadians used their new military skills to conquer Sumer and become an empire
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The second empire was the Babylonians that lived under the rule of Hammurabi for a while, and they, too, had great achievements. -The first big one is Hammurabi’s code of laws to keep life extremely orderly and organized -The second was the code of laws’ public viewing so all could find rules and understand Hammurabi’s power -The third achievement by the Babylonians was the unusually fair society with rules that applied to all classes, even slave had some rights
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The Assyrians then conquered the Babylonians, and developed great achievements themselves, many being inventions. -The first achievement of the Assyrians was the invention of the battering ram to knock down thick walls to other cities -Second was the first usage of aqueducts, pipes to carry water, that gave them water from up to 30 miles away -Last was the development of a greatly feared military because of their new strategies, use of hoses and iron weapons, and their skill in siege warfare
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After the fall of the Assyrians, the Neo-Babylonians came with the leader of Nebuchadrezzer, with their intelligent achievements -The first achievement of the Neo-Babylonians was their discoveries that lead to the present day sixty minute hour and seven day week -The second was the learning of past attacks to build very thick walls to surround cities -The knowledge to keep capital city safe
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Hanging Gardens of Hanging Gardens Of Encyclopædia Semiramis/Copper Eng.. Fine Art. Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 21 Feb 2014. http://quest.eb.com/images/109_115827 The Best Mesopotamian Empire The Neo-Babylonian Empire would have been the best Mesopotamian empire to live in. -The fist reason why the above reads a true fact is that the Neo-Babylonians were very intelligent and could make advanced discoveries -Nebuchadrezzer was not greatly violent and ruthless, but still new how to control his empire -The Neo-Babylonians were successful enough in serious things that they could decorate with hanging gardens and have nice living. Babylon
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