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Period: 3000 BCE to 2100 BCE
Sumerians 3000 B.C. to 2100 B.C.
Temple priests controlled cities
After several battles some military leaders became rulers -
Period: 2000 BCE to 1600 BCE
Old babylonian 2000 B.C to 1600 B.C.
Under control of Amorite King Hammurabi
created legal codes
Neo- Babylonian empire became most powerful state in world after defeating assynans in 612 B.C. -
Period: 1365 BCE to 800 BCE
Assyrians 1365 to 800 B.C.
Leader: ashur- uballit
created new capital and iron weapons -
Period: 626 BCE to 539 BCE
New babylonians 626 B.C. to 539 B.C.
Leader: cheif Nabopolassar(became one of the most significat cheifs)
Invented wheel, plow, and first writing language