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Period: to
BCE
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Hammurabi becomes ruler
Hammurabi becomes ruler of the Amorites and he created a code for which the empire to abide by. -
Amorites take Mesopotamia.
As soon as the city-states stopped fighting the Amorites rolled in defeated the cit-states and established their capital Babylon. -
City-states stop fighting
Briefly, a time of peace comes while the city-states were weakened. -
Sargons dynasty falls apart
The union of the city-states falls apart do to corruption and turmoil in the goverment. The city-states return to their original forms. -
First map is created as writing is born
They started using clay tablets to record knowledge, events, and important information. -
City-states were conquered by Akkad
One of the city-states proceeded to defeat and the rest of the city states under a man named Sargon. -
Dynasties control city-states
Some wartime leaders started toppling the current goverment and leaving the thrown to their son to continue their legacies. -
Sumerians build city-states
Sumerians begin constructing cities which will soon each function as independent states. -
City-states go to war against each other
Soon after the city-states are created they start attacking each other, and because of this wartime leaders are created. -
Sumerians arrive
Sumerians arrive at the fertile crescent and begin to settle there.The fertile crescent is optimal farm land.They were the first large group of people to arrive there.