Whom, this is a good place for a city, It shall be called. . . something.
3300 BCE
Cuneiform(kyoo-nee- uh-form)
1792 BCE
Ahh yes. It shall be called... The Code of Hammurabi.
Wow I am King now.Here is a code that we all must follow.
The Mesopotamians establish powerful city-states building large ziggurats at thecenter of their cities as temples to their gods.
744 BCE
Ooohh warmI shall pray...
How am i gonna sleep with that, that bird?
The Sumerians invent the first writing system known as cuneiform. They usepictures for words and inscribe them on clay tablets.
550 BCE
Wow look at this empire.The Persian Empire
Hammurabi becomes king of Babylon. He establishes the Code of Hammurabi andBabylon soon takes over much of Mesopotamia.
522 BCE
The Assyrian Empire reaches its peak and is the strongest empire in the world
zzz,zzz
Hoo Hoo
Cyrus the Great rises to power and the Persian Empire begins.
Darius I becomes King of Persia. He expands the empire and divides it up into stateseach ruled by a governor called a satrap.
Ahhh, Now this is an Empire!!!!
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