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2021 BCE
The wheel
"The wheel was invented to be used in pottery making, but the Mesopotamians soon developed it further into a means of transportation in the form of the chariot around 2400 BC. The invention of the wheel cannot be understated, and in ancient times, it revolutionized trade, ceramics, irrigation, and warfare."
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2021 BCE
The Code of Hammurabi
"In 1792 BC, Babylon came to power and the rule of Hammurabi began. Hammurabi enacted a code of law written on a 7.5-foot stone stele and various clay tablets. The system consisted of 282 laws and their punishments based on the system of “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.” I got all of this from https://www.ancienthistorylists.com/mesopotamia-history/events-ancient-mesopotamia/#11_The_Code_of_Hammurabi_1754_BC -
2021 BCE
Gilgamesh
"The hero of Uruk, Gilgamesh, was such an important figure that many myths and stories exist about him. The city walls of Uruk and tablets found there document his deeds and his quest for the meaning of life. In the great literary work, the Epic of Gilgamesh, he is portrayed as half god and half man." I got all of this from https://www.ancienthistorylists.com/mesopotamia-history/events-ancient-mesopotamia/#5_Gilgamesh_2700_BC -
2021 BCE
Maps
"Mesopotamia was indeed a place of significant technical and cultural innovation, and also the first civilization to bring us the map. The earliest map was discovered in Babylonia in 2300 BC in mud-tablet form. The map was of the Akkadian area of Mesopotamia in present-day Iraq. These ancient maps showed cities, hunting grounds, trading routes, and military areas."
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The Assyrian Empire
"The Assyrian Empire was the most prominent ruling empire of Mesopotamia, starting in the early Bronze Age and lasting until the Iron Age. The empire rose and fell many times. At its height, the Assyrian Empire stretched from Cyprus to Libya, covering the eastern Mediterranean, Armenia, Iran, the Arabian peninsula, and Egypt."
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