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Cabin found in France. (structure)
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Cave found in France full of rupestral paint in the walls. Now a days is a museum dedicated to prehistory. (technology)
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Hut in Ukraine made out of mamoth bones. (structure)
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Large settlements (cities) in between two rivers. 4 kingdoms: Sumer, Akkadian, Babylonia and Assyrian.
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First civilization. Writing (technology) cunei form. First wheel (technology). Ziggurats were temples that where built in every city with ramps, patios, terraces and mudbrick (structure). Arched construction, mudbrick, branches, whitewashed, soil, sand, plaster, lime, bitumen (structure). Irrigation system (technology)
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Beggining of social settlements. Circular, made of stone. (structure)
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Ancient temple, stone, passage tomb, communal graves. Now a days is a museum. (structure)
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Built in phases with huge sarsen stones. Mortice and tenon and lintel and post.(structure) Believed to be a calendar, a sacrificing place, a power place; its purpose is uncertain.
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People from central europe brought metal and started using it. (technology)
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Ruler: Sargon the first (character). First empire (settlement/city) Defeated the sumerians. Concept of dynasty, they began to form alliances. (city)
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Ruler: Hammurabi, "eye for an eye" (character). The most powerful city. Law code (technology). Unified religion and politics. 1595 BCE Kassites took over, 4000 years.(city)
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Great warriors. Chariot and iron weapons (technology). A library was found. Orthogonal architecture, monumental entrances and fortified walls enclosed palaces (structure). (city)
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Ruler: King Nabopolassar (character) father of Nabuchadnezzar II (character). Cultural center of the world. Door of Ishtar, entrance to Babylonia (structure). Babel Tower, reaching to heaven, and the Hanging Gardens of Babylonia, built by the king for his wife (structure). (city)
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Cyrus (character) controlled territory in 30 years he took over from Middle East, North Africa, Asia, India, Europe to Mediterranean world.Persepolis (city) was the greatest city, largest city under the sun. Splendous palaces made of limestone [36 columns, 20 mts high, 10 thousand people, hall of mirrors, 15 mts high terrace] (structure). Bulls where a symbol of power.
Gate of all nations: entrance to Persepolis, where people brought gifts to the king. Apadana: throne room. Multilethnic empire.
