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Mesopotamian Empires - Coggle Diagram
Mesopotamian Empires
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caravan- a group of merchants traveling together for safety,usually with a large numbers of camels and traveled together for safety/
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Sumer began to decline because of war.Kingdoms rose in the north and in Syria. Kingdoms became empires. New empires brought new cultures
Hammurabi- Hammurabi was the ruler of Babylon.Hammurabi created the Babylonian empire. Hammurabi was most famous for his code. the code consisted of crimes,farming and business.he stated an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
Sargon- Sargon is an empire from 2340 B.C. Sargon was the ruler of Akkad. He moved his well trained army south.
The Assyrians is a large empire took up Turkey, Syria, Iran and Iraq.Their Powerful military protected their hills. based their writing on the Babylonian writing.
Assyrian army contained 50,000 soldiers. the Assyrians robbed,lit crops on fire and destroyed towns and damns. extended from the Persian gulf from.
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Babylon became one of the richest and largest city's in Mesopotamia. The city had huge brick walls with watch towers for the solders to keep watch. A zigguat stood over 300ft tall made of gold in the center of Babylon.
The richest ziggurat was also called the kings place. it had a giant stair case also know as the hanging gardens. The hanging gardens were considered one of the seven wonders.