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Uruk had a major impact on long-distance trading. Uruk had networks across the Middle East and farther east, to the Indus river valley of India. -
This was a period in which civilization prospered and grew. It is named after one of the larger technological advancements which was the crafting of bronze tools and weapons. -
The Mesopotamians created the first system of writing which was used for their taxes. -
The Old Kingdom was established when the third royal dynasty began ruling over all of Egypt. The kingdom itself representing a long line of kings who controlled the first Egyptian culture. -
King Djoser was a king in the Old Kingdom Egypt. He was the first king to order a tomb to be made for him. This tomb was the first pyramid built in honor of his death. -
Babylonian king, Hammurabi, set legal distinctions for men and women. These laws included protections for women, but also had rules of punishing crimes. "An eye for an eye" is one well-known code of Hammurabi's. -
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