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This includes this people groups, Sumerians, Babylonians, Hittites, Kassites, Chaldeans, phoenicians, Assyrians, Akkadians
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The Sumerians developed the world's first writing system, cuneiform. They used sharp stick like tools, called styluse, to make symbols that were wedge shaped, on to clay tablets.
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Mesopotamian settlements grew in size and the complexity. They eventually developed into bigger cities between 4000 and 3000 BC.
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King Hammurabi of Babylon created the Hammurabi's Code, which is vey related to our modern laws.
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Our modern is inspired by the Hammurabi's code