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7425253461Gilgamesh5th king of Urk City; 2750 B.C.E0
7425255165MesopotamiaThe land between the rivers; Tigris and Euphrates1
7425258615Tigris and Euphrates riversBrought large volumes of water; one of 4 river valleys2
7425258616SumeriansPeople who inhabited the land in sixth millennium; irrigation networks3
7425260824Semiticmigrants from other regions; spoke tongues4
7425263079PhoenicianLanguage spoke in the Semitic family languages5
7425266898ZigguratsPyramids that housed temples6
7425268684Sargon of AkkadA city near Kish and Babylon; seized trade routes and natural resources ; gradually collapsed7
7425268685HammurabiCentralizes the bureaucracy and regulates taxation8
7425273069Lex TalionisA latin phrase that means the law of retaliaton9
7425273070AssyriansHardy people from northern Mesopotamia ; built state in the tigris rivers10
7425276007NebuchadnezzarKing from 600 to 550 B.C.E; lavished wealth and on his city11
7425278033MetallurgyPottery, textile manufacture,woodworking,leather production, brick making, stone cutting, and masonry; Science and technology12
7425280432CuneiformSumerian writing also known as.. In latin meaning "wedged shaped"13
7425284026Hebrews/Israelites/Jewscollection of sacred writing. Speakers,form a branch of hebrews and kingdom of Judah14
7425284027Monotheismonly one god15
7425286636Indo-EuropeanTribal groups from southern Russia, languages such as Basque,Finnish and Hungarian16
7425288395HittitesMost influential Indo-European; Migrated from central Plain of Anatolia; Built powerful kingdoms17
7425288396War ChariotsTechnology (Horse, two wheeled vehicle in war) Chariots (spokes) and iron metallurgy18
7425291733XinjiangWestern Chinese Providence19

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