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Title: Contributions of Mesopotamian cultures


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Contributions of Mesopotamian cultures
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Sumerians
  • arch, wheel, plow, sail
  • ziggurat and cuneiform
  • governed by large land owners
  • astronomy fortune telling
  • number system - 6s 12s
  • concept of city-state

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Babylonians
  • Hammurabis Law Code
  • imperial government
  • first to build Babylon

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Hittites
  • iron

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Phoenicians
  • alphabet writing with phonetic symbols
  • commerce shipbuilding
  • dyes and other products
  • murex

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Hebrews (Israelites, Jews)
  • monotheism
  • Old Testament
  • concept of human dignity
  • Judaism

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Assyrians
  • warfare weapons, armor, cavalry, tactics,
    catapult and other siege tools
  • postal service
  • some roads
  • built city of Ninevah
  • improved writing

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Assyrian Treasures
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Chaldeans
  • astrology
  • rebuilt city of Babylon
  • Hanging Gardens of Babylon
  • captivity of the Jews
  • planned cities

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HANGING GARDENS
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Lydians
  • coins

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Persians
  • Zoroasterianism
  • separated civilians military
  • national highways
  • more just government
  • spread of coins
  • first federal government
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