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| 11667999656 | Location | River valley, dry desert climate, Tigris and Euphrates River, flat plains, fertile crescent, rivers flood at least once a year leaving behind silt | 0 | |
| 11668015979 | Sumerians | First to settle in this region, attracted by rich soil, no natural barriers, unpredictable wild flooding, limited natural resources, irrigation ditches, mud brick city walls, traded for products that they lacked | 1 | |
| 11668032761 | City State | Structure of government, independent territory consisting of a city and the surrounding country side, same culture but had possessions, centers had a ziggurat | 2 | |
| 11668050447 | Mesopotamia | City states, ziggurats, powerful priests, military commanders became rulers passing rule to heirs creating a dynasty | 3 | |
| 11668069242 | Government | Conflict for land and water rights led to monarchy, theocracy, enforced laws and set penalties, trade led to cultural diffusion, gods communicate through uppers, power in hands of a small group and decisions were based on religious authority | 4 | |
| 11668084300 | Religion | Polytheism, gods were viewed to have human qualities and be hostile and unpredictable, did not believe in afterlife instead believed in nothingness | 5 | |
| 11668099947 | Gilgamesh Epic | One of the earliest works of literature, flood story, predates Hebrew old testimony story of Noah by 2,000+ years | 6 | |
| 11668109600 | Social | Typical hierarchy, women had more rights then normal but still could not attend school | 7 | |
| 11668116827 | Technology | Cuneiform, cylinder seals, writing spread, first civilization to use bronze, irrigation, maps and astronomy, had a number system based on 60 | 8 | |
| 11668127101 | Impact | Writing, wheel, pottery wheel, sailing ships, pick axe, brick mold, glass, number system, 360* circle, 60 minutes in an hour, beer | 9 | |
| 11668138086 | Sargon of Akkad | Took control creating the world's first empire, city states under one ruler, lasted 200 years, conquered when city states were fighting and week, Semitic language, Akkadian empire ended because of invasion, internal fighting and famine | 10 | |
| 11668158989 | Babylonian Empire | Overtook Sumerians, capital of Babylon on the Euphrates river, Hammurabi, fell to nomadic raiders | 11 | |
| 11668166024 | Hammurabi | Babylonian king who unified city states through laws Engraved laws in stone, codified legal system, strict in nature, precedent government was responsible for what occurred in society, an eye for an eye | 12 |
