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Sumer (3500 B.C. – 689 B.C.). City-state organization Smelting of materials: Bronze Age, Iron Age Trading empire with other river valley civilizations (Egypt, India, China) = “Silk Road”. Wheel. The wheel was invented by 6000 BC! It helped military, farming and trade. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Sumer (3500 B.C. – 689 B.C.)
• City-state organization• Smelting of materials: Bronze Age, Iron Age• Trading empire with other
river valley civilizations (Egypt, India, China) = “Silk Road”
Wheel
• The wheel was invented by 6000 BC!
• It helped military, farming and trade.
• At right, this is made of wood.
Religion
Polytheistic - Anthropomorphic GodsZiggurats
Cuneiform Writing
Epic of Gilgamesh
Hammurabi’s code (c. 1800 B.C.E.)
Hanging Gardens of Babylon