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Akkadians established the first postal service. They had extremely good road systems between cities. The Akkadian empire was the first empire. It was a monarchy ruled by a king. Akkadian kings established the first standardized system of weights and measures to unite commerce in the new empire. To mark the passage of time, Akkadians created the first pattern of naming years. This year-naming system also served to keep accurate records for accounting purposes.
Akkad had 5 kings rule in its life cycle. Sargon, Rimush, Manishtusu, Naram-Sin, Shar-Kali-Sharri. They were located in Mesopotamia. In Sargon's rein he fought in 34 wars and had an army size 5,400 men. The eventual downfall of Akkad was because the king Shar-Kali-Sharri raged war on the Elamites, Ammorites, and the invading Gutians which was too much for them.
Major achievements of the Babylonian Empire include developing a code of laws, contributing to the world's current time-keeping system and the use of advanced irrigation techniques. The Babylonians also built architectural wonders such as the Hanging Gardens and the Ishtar Gate. King Hammurabi was also the first ruler to implement water regulations. They were a monarchy. They were known for Hammurabi's code.
The Babylonian military was influenced a lot by the Assyrian military. They utilized chariots when they were first used. They also used iron helmets and iron weapons as well as some chain mail armor. Specifically they sharpened weapons such as sickle swords, socketed axes, spears, and the Egyptian- blade mace, as well as clubs and staffs, and projectiles flung from war slings.
The Assyrians were know for their fighting. Another achievement of the Assyrians was the development of a famous library at Nineveh by King Ashurbanipal. Many famous historical documents were in this library. Because some of the documents in this library have been recovered, we know more about ancient history. They were also good at building roads. It allowed for their army to move from place to place efficiently. Their city was fortified with a walls.
The early form of the Assyrian military was built up of peasant spearman. Their army got revised in 800 B.C they added better weapons, better armor, and supplied better than their enemies giving them an advantage over many. The downfall of the Assyrian empire was because of a weak king couldn't keep the empire together after already being hated for their harsh brutal policies.
Nebuchadnezzar ll took back Babylon from Assyria' and also repelled the Persians, and captured Jerusalem. He revived Babylon making it Neo-Babylon. He controlled a lot of Mesopotamia for his time.
The Neo-Babylonian army was very similar to the Assyrians from its weaponry to its ways of battle strategy. The ultimate downfall of Neo-Babylonia was the Persians sealed them critically. Then Cyprus finished the off.
