Sumeria

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Ancient Civilizations Of the Middle East

• Sumeria
• Babylonia

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Ziggurat
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Cuneiform

• 1st writing system
• System of pictograms evolved into a system of
  alphabetic symbols

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Sumerian inventions

• Wagon wheel
• The arch
• The potters wheel
• The sundial
• 12-month calendar
• Bronze

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Babylonians
Lived in Leader Rules
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Hammurabis Code

• First written codes of law (282)
• collected various laws from around the
  city-states
• Clearly outlined actions that were considered
  violations and identified punishments
• An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth