AGE OF EMPIRE

AKKADIA

• Stated out as cities states in north Mesopotamia
• United then conquered south Mesopotamia
• Created empire
• Came up with dynasty
• Significant in history is their first postal system and good roads

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BABYLON

• Hammurabi was here in this time
• First set of laws
• First empire in the region
• Fell to nomads then assyarians
• Great influence on Mesopotamia when they ruled it all

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ASSYARIANS

• Most brutal in Mesopotamia
• Advanced military
• First to conquer Egypt
• First empire
• Conquered Babylon
• One of the biggest empires in the region in history

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NEO-BABYLONIAN

• Created through carful alliances
• Made possible by Assyrian fall
• Nebuchadnezzar was here
• Become an awe inspiring city
• Location and time of which hanging gardens and Ishtar gate were built
• Responsible for Jewish diaspora
• Much larger then original Babylon empire

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CITAITION