 | Term | Definition |
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Sumerians |
cuniform, sun dial, potters wheel |
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Akaadians |
1st empire |
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Babylonians and Ammorties |
1st writting legal code |
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Hittites |
1st to make use of iron, conquered babylon, legal code was payment not punishment |
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Assyrains |
organized fighting unit, mistreated conquer peoples, Built roads to better communication, defeated chaledenes |
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Chaldeans |
hanging gardens, astrology, conquered by persians |
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Persians |
Nile to Indus( 3,000 miles & 50 mill people), used Assyrian roads, defeated Greeks |
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Phoenicians |
trade empire at sea, better ships, alphabet |
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Lydians |
set prices and developed money system |
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Israelites |
moses led Exodus, abraham and covenant, torah |
