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Development of Society

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252341818Mesopotamia- "land between the two rivers" (Tigris and Euphrates) - circa 8000 BCE - 4000 BCE - Sumer= population center0
252341819Civilizations of MesopotamiaBabylonians Assyrians1
252341820Sargon of Akkad2370 BCE - 2315 BCE made a coup against king of Kish2
252341821Hammurabi1792 BCE - 1750 BCE centralizes bureaucracy capital = Babylon conquered by Hittites (Anatolia) in 15953
252341822Law Code of HammurabiLaw of Retribution and importance of status "les talionis"- an eye for an eye4
252341823Assyrians1300 BCE - 612 BCE major cities= Assur and Ninvah military society : chariots, iron weaponry5
252341824New Babylonian EmpireKing Nebuchadnezzar - persecution of Jews6
252341825EconomyBronze; Iron; Wheel; Shipbuilding7
252341826Cuneiformwriting style that becomes standard pictographic8
252376928Phoenicians- settle about 3000 BCE; develop independent city states - create alphabetical script (1500 BCE)9
252376929Indo-Europeans- pastoralists - society breaks up 3000 BCE -> Migrate - from the steppes of central Asia10
252376930Hittites- settle in central Anatolia about 2000 BCE - build powerful kingdoms and iron metallurgy for military11
2523769314 River Valley CivilizationsIndus - Harappan River Mesopotamia - Tigris & Euphrates Egyptian - Nubia -> Kush -- Nile River China - Yellow and HuangHe12
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