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Mesopotamia Empires
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- 1City-States-Develop near and around Sumar
-Lugal-Gal takes over the priests
-Create the first form of writing, Cuneiform - 2Akkadians conquer the City-States-Sargon creates the first empire
-Unstable b/c of rebellious city-states
-Empire falls b/c of outside invaders - 3Assyrians take over Mesopotamia-Led by Shamshi-Adad
-Powerful military and efficient government + strong treaties
-The power was in the center of Mesopotamia, Assur - 4Babylonians conquer the Assyrians-Hammurabi was the leader
-Power centered in south of Babylon
-Hammurabi wrote a set of laws - 5New Assyrians take over Mesopotamia-Tiglath-Pilesar the 3rd was the leader
-Murdered, tortured and enslaved enemies
-Looted surrounding areas
-They had iron, more powerful weapon/tools - 6Neo-Babylonians become the dominant force of Mesopotamia-Nebuchadnezzar started "Babylonian Captivity" and destroyed Solomon's Temple
-Great traders and conquerors - 7Persian Empire expands into Mesopotamia-Cyrus the great was welcomed by the Mesopotamian people
-Ended "Babylonian Captivity"
-Persia began modern Iran
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- These flashcards show the time of empires the mesopotamians went through. The rise and fall of many worthy empires
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- Nora Fine
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