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Discovered fire- helped them survive during the ice age when thick ice sheets covered parts of asia, europe, and North America
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People began to practice specialization ,or the development of different kinds of jobs
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one of the oldest known cities located in the west Bank between what is now Israel and Joradan
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Developed a number system based on 60 , 60 minute hour , 60 second minute ,360 degree circle
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They developed a system of writing called cuneiform to record business deals and other events
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By 3000 B.C many cities had formed in the southern Mesopotamia in a region known as sumer.
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In the 1800’s B.C , a new group of people gained power in the mesopotamian . they built the city of Babylon by the euphrates River. The Babylonian king , Hammurabi ,began cities to the north .
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Assyrian kings divided the empire into provinces or political districts.
Built roads to join all parts of the empire
Writing was based on Babylonian writing
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The hanging gardens of the king’s palace were visible from any point in the city
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Around 650 B.C the assyrians started fighting amongst each other ,and a group called the chaldeans rebelled, In 612 B.C the Assyrian empire crumbled
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Around 650 B.C the assyrians started fighting amongst each other ,and a group called the chaldeans rebelled, In 612 B.C the Assyrian empire crumbled
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The king of the akkadians was named sargon. In 2340 B.C he conquered all of the mesopotamian , and set up the world’s first empire ( a group of different lands under one ruler.)
