Murphy+meso+page

**//Jamie's meso page//** 

    //** Geography **// // Economy/Agriculture //
 * //Location//**
 * <span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Between the Persian Gulf and Mederterrian Sea
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Near Tigris R. and Euphrates River
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Modern day Iraq
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: pink;">  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">It was curved shaped
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: pink;">  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Mesopotamia waas a flat, swampy land with rich soil; silt
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: pink;">  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Fertile Cresent
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: pink;">  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Desert climate
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"> <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: pink;">  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Mesopotamia means " land between rivers"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">They traded grain and clothe --> in return they got stone, wood and metal
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Grew Wheat and barely
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Through Trade Exchange ideas---> Cultural Diffusions

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Time Period <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">4500 B.C.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">People began to farm 6508 years ago

<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">//** Enviromental Challenges **//
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Unpredictable flooding
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Natural Resources were limited
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">There was little rain and when rain did come it flooded
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">No Natural Barriers---> Defenseless; easy to see enemys coming
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Not a lot of buliding materials
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Needed water for crops--> survial-->built irrigation ditches

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**// War Defense //** <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**// Equility (Women's Rights) //** <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">//** Religion **// <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**// Social Class //** <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**// Literture //** <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">They built city walls
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Constant war between City-States
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Hard to defend = no natural barriers
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Spread Culture
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Mean would pick a leader during times of war so they would have someone incharged.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Women could be merchants, farmers, artsens or presist
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Women could own their own property
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Some upperclassmen Women learned how to read and write and became Scribes
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">There were more women rights than woman in anicent societies
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Polythesim--> belief in many gods
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Gods Controlled nature
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">They thought you go to the land of no return when you die
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Gave offering and sacrifices to the gods
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Top layer was consisted of Kings, Presits and Lorel Holder
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Next was Weathly Merchants
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Third was Ordinary People who work for a job
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Fourth was Ordinary People who work in the field or in workshops
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Lowest Level was slaves
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Epic of Gilgmesh
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Gives us Infomation oh how they might haved lived
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Story is similar to the Noah's Ark Legend (flood)

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**// Architecture //** <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">They had arche, ramps, columns, prymaids,
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Also had things like around the bazar.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Ziggurat= 1st. level is grains, 2nd. Level is govt., top level is church + temple cause it’s closest to gods

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**// Insitutions //** <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">//** Important People **// <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">City State Independent
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">They were a self-governing city inclluding it's surrounding farm land
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Dynasty; series of rulers from one ruler
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">City was in the middle of the state and the farmland was surrounding it like rings.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Sargon--> was the king, conquered
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Sumer--> adapted sumer and spread culture--> was the first empire
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Hammurabi--> leader of Babylonian Empire (known for the code of law)

<span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**// Government //** <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">**// Technology //** <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: 'Arial Black'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Controlled by priests at first
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">During war mean chose a tough fighter too lead
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">1rst Contol ended after the war was over
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">With more frequent wars tough fighters turned into commanders
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">They Got peerament control
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Hammurabi's Code of Law was always remembered
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Inventions; wheel, plow, bronze, sail
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Needed Math to plan and build things
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Arthemtic and gemoetry
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Equation --> Base 60 (60 sec. = 1 minute) (60 minutes = 1 hr.) = 360 degree circle
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">ARchitecture; arches, ramps, pyramids, zig.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #08046c; font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif; background-color: #00fffa;"><span style="font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">Writing Cuneiform--> means "wedge shaped"

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