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| MESOPOTAMIA / MESOPOTAMIANS |
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1. The floods had both positive and negative effects.
2. The people were the first to write
3. At first, they used pictures to represent their ideas. |
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1. The cities of Sumer came together to create the Babylonian empire.
2. Crossroads of Trade - trade routed went through the city, which made the people wealthy |
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1. The first written laws.
2. "Eye for an eye" justice |
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1. The people were GENIUSES at waging war
2. They invented the battering ram |
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| 1. They made cuneiform more simple by creating an alphabet |
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1. The Israelites considered themselves God's "chosen people.
2. The Israelites made a covenant with God
1. The Dead Sea Scrolls gave us information that helped us understand the Israelite's history
4. Romans caused the diaspora of the Israelites |
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