World History Notes On Ancient Sumerian City States,Religion,Law,Math& Writing::Downfall of Sumerians::Ancient Middle Eastern Civilizations(other than Sumer)
Title: World History Notes On Ancient Sumerian City States,Religion,Law,Math& Writing::Downfall of Sumerians::Ancient Middle Eastern Civilizations(other than Sumer)
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World History Notes On Ancient Sumerian City States,Religion,Law,Math& Writing::Downfall of Sumerians::Ancient Middle Eastern Civilizations(other than Sumer)
*Ancient Middle East* (3570 b.c-331 b.c)
-Sumerians are the first known civilization in the Middle East.
-Sumerians settled in Mesopotamia, which is present-day Iraq
-Mesopotamia means "lands between two rivers" (Tigris & Euphrates)
-Mesopotamia lies in the East End of "Fertile Crescent"(rich fertile land extending from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea.
-It was a hot and dry climate between the rivers, but it had fertile land.
- The lands of the …
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-Chaldeans rebuilt Babylon after defeating the Assyrians
-King Nebuchadnezzar built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon at his palace for his wife.
-Chaldeans created the 4 week month
-Chaldeans passed findings of astronomy and astrology to the Greeks
*Babylon*
-Babylonians were lead by King Hammurabi
-First conquerors came from Babylonia
-A major achievement of Babylon was the Code of Laws
-At one point Mesopotamia was completely ruled by the Babylonians
-Babylon fell around 1550 b.c.
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