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The Babylonian empire reached its peak during the reighn of Hummurabi from 1792-1750 B.C.
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In about 2000 B.C. nomadic warriors known as Amorities invaded Mesopotamia
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About 2350 B.C a conqueror named Sargon defeated the city of sumer
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After 2500 B.C many sumerian city-states came under the rule of dynasties
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By 2500 B.C. new cities were arising all over the fertile cresent - in what is now Syria,northern Iraq,and Turkey
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By 3000 B.C many wars between cities had broken out
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By 3000 B.C the sumerainians built a number of citites - each with there own government
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from 3000 B.C. to 2000 B.C the city-states of sumer were almost constantly at war
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the sumerainians arrived at / around 3300 B.C
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people first began to settle and farm mesopotamia before 4500 B.C.