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the babylonian empire reaches its peak
The babylonian empire reached its peak during the reign of Hammurabi. Hammurabi's most enduring legacy is the code of laws he put together. -
Babylonian empire
Nomadic warriors known as amorites invaded mesopotamia. Gradually, the ammorites overwhelmed the summerian and established at babylon, on the euphrates river. -
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wars become constant
The city-states of sumer were almost constantly at war with one another -
Sargon of akkad
A conquerer named sargon defeated the city-states of Sumer. Sargon led his army from akkad, a city-state north of sumer. -
Summerian city-states rulers become dynasties
After 25000 BC many summerian city-states came under the rule of dynasties -
More cities are created
after 2500 BC new cities were arising all over the fertile crescent in what is now syria, northern iraq, and turkey -
summerians build cities
By 3000 BC the summerians built a number of cities, each surrounded by fields of barley and wheat -
Wars become more common
after 3000 BC Wars between cities become more frequent -
summerians arrive
people called summerians arrive on the scene -
People begin to settle
People first began to settle and farm the flat, swampy lands in southern mesopotamia
