Today we learned more bout ancient Mesopotamia. Here are my notes:
- Wandering nomads drove herds of domesticated animals in many areas, especially to the south of Sumer in Arabia.
- Sumer was conquered by the Akkadians c. 2350 BC - their gods took the place of previous gods and were all forced to worship them
- King Hammurabi of Babylon created a series of laws known as "Hammurabi's code"- laws included "an eye for an eye" and regulations on marriage, divorce, and punishments for all sorts of crimes.
- Indo-Europeans were people from the grasslands of the Russian Steppe who introduced the horse to the Near East
- The warlike Indo-European tribe known as the Hittites settled in Asia Minor.
- The Hittites had a lucrative trade in metals and conquered nearly all of their neighbors, threatening Egypt
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