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by 3000 B.C many city states were established. They functioned like an independent country works today
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After 2500 B.C.,many Sumerian city-states came under the rule of dynasties. The people were the full time rulers
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By 2500 B.C., new cities were arising all over the Fertile Crescent, in what is now Syria, northern Iraq, and Turkey. This caused cultural diffusion
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From 3000 to 2000 B.C., the city-states of Sumer were almost constantly at war with one another. This causes the cities to be weak and not able to fight off other people.
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2350 B.C., a conqueror named Sargon defeated the city-states of Sumer. He created what is known as an empire
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2000 B.C., nomadic warriors known as Amorites invaded Mesopotamia. They overwhelmed the Sumerians and established babylon
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1792 B.C. to 1750 B.C. Hammurabi’s most enduring legacy is the code of laws he put together. The Hammurabi code are uniform code of laws that would help to unify the diverse groups within his empire. there were 282 specific laws