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522
king dairius
Darius I became the king of persia in 522 B.C. He expanded the empire and divided it up into states. all of the states were ruled by a governor called a satrap.He was responsible for the Persian Empire's capital at Persepolis as well. He was also renowned for irrigation, and a coinage systems. King Darius is a name that will never be lost in history because he played a major part as king. -
550
king cyrus
King Cyrus commonly known as Cyrus the Great and also known as Cyrus the Elder, was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire. While Cyrus was king, the empire embraced all the previous civilized states of the ancient Near East. the empire expanded vastly and eventually conquered most of Southwest Asia and much of Central Asia and the Caucasus. -
Sep 2, 721
control
King Sargon II took control of Assyria in 721. The empire kept on growing stronger and stronger. during his reign on the throne he came across some difficulties right away. He had to deal with the Chaldean and Aramaean chieftainships in the southern parts of Babylonia, with the kingdom of Urartu and the citizens to the north in the Armenian highlands, and with Syria and Palestine. -
hammurabi code
the code of hammurabi was written by the sixth babylonian king, Hammurabi.The Code had exactly 282 laws,it also included punishments. "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" as graded depending on social status, either your a slave or a free man. About one-half of the Code dealt with matters of contract and establishing, -
Darius 1
Darius the first established the state capital of the Persian empire at Persepolis. King Darius was responsible for more than just the expansion of the empire. He centralized the administration of the empire, he also encouraged cultural and artistic pursuits. Darius the first was doing well with his reign, he introduced legal reforms and developed judicial systems. There were a lot of building projects that began while Darius was king. -
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conquering
Sargon I of the Akkadians conquered most of the Sumerian city states and created the world's first empire, known as the Akkadian Empire. Sargon, The Akkadians expanded their territory into locals along the Euphrates River and northern parts of the Middle East, including Syria and Turkey. the empire was very strong, but was wiped away by drought. -
writing system
People living in southern Mesopotamia developed one of the earliest writing systems in the world. This system was developed so that information could be recorded.This writing system began with pictures or signs drawn on clay tablets. The signs changed over many years. People began to record amounts of different crops. Barley was one of the most important crops in southern Mesopotamia. So the Mesopotamians found a way to record all their information, so that things wont get out of hand. -
writing system
Cuneiform is one of the earliest known systems of writing,The name cuneiform itself means "wedge shaped". They are basically wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets, made by means of a blunt reed for a stylus. they used it to record trade and the amount of crops they had. -
temples
The Sumer people built temples called ziggurats to worship their gods. They began building large and powerful cities.Ziggurats were built by the Sumerians, Babylonians, Elamites, Akkadians, and Assyrians for local religions. Each ziggurat was apart of a temple complex which included other buildings. -
moving in
The citizens of Sumer are one of the earliest denizens of Mesopotamia. By about 4000 B.C., the Sumerians had spread out into several city-states that were spread throughout the southern part of the region. These city-states were focused on themselves and there own well-being.
