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Updated 24 Oct 2017
This is for my 7th grade school project about the Fertile Crescent and the major leaders in that area.
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Some historians think that the
ziggurat at the city of Uruk was the
Tower of Babel from the Bible.
Ur is speculated to have been the
most populated city-state with
around 65,000 people.
The Sumerian number system is
based on the number 60.
They used it for time, 60 seconds being
in a minute and 60 minutes in an hour.Sargon founded the world's
first empire.
Before starting his Empire,
Sargon served the king of
the city-state of Kish.
Sargon was the one of
first rulers to form
a permanent army.Babylon's most famous king was
Hammurabi. He was a great leader but
known better for his set of 282 laws
called "Hammurabi's Code".
Nebuchadnezzar had a moat built
around the city of Babylon for defense.
When Alexander the Great was on his
conquest, he snagged Babylon. While
staying there, he got sick and later died.The Hittites mastered the chariot
by firing arrows from it in battle.
They captured Babylon, but
didn't hold power for long as 95 years.
The Hittites were probably the first
people to master iron working.The Kassites swooped in and took
Babylon from the Hittites when they
were weakened by repeated attacks.
The Kassites gripped Babylon control
for 400 years until the Assyrians invaded.
Not much info is know about the Kassites.Assyria had allies that were weak and depended
on their military support.
Assyria's capital was Ashur. That capital still
exists as an Iraqi city.
Assyria was fierce in battle and did not accept
defeat. The empire was destroyed by
Alexander the Great of the Macedonian Empire.The Chaldeans are mentioned many times
in the Old Testimate of the Christian Bible.
The Chaldean King Nebuchadnezzar rebuilt
Babylon into an amazingly beautiful city,
and his palace featuring the Hanging Gardens.
After the rebuilding of Babylon, the Chaldeans
admired Sumerian culture and they made
Babylon a centre for astronomy.Major Ruling Empires
of the Fertile CrescentPeriods
Sumerian EmpireSargon's EmpireBabylonian EmpireHittite RuleKassite RuleAssyrian EmpireChaldean Empire
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