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-Lots of historians, mainly Greek and Roman wrote stories of the Babylonians
-Archeologists have unearthed massive sites believed to be Babylonian Cities
Invention of writing, cuneiform
Development of mass production of ceramics
Irrigation projects
Use of wheel
Development of pottery wheel
Use of plows
Reliance on bartering, centralized redistribution
Traded as from as away as modern day Afghanistan
The Sumerians existed in a time of prosperity. They brought about numerous inventions like the wheel and a written language. They built massive structures like the ziggurats and the Hanging Garden. However, they are mostly remembered for their law codes.
Ruled by a priestly class
First public law code
-Hammurabi's Law Code
-Punished wealthier harsher
Development of three social classes
-Free Landowning
-Dependent farmers
-Slaves
-They had a vast collection of gods and goddesses
-Lots of stories of heroes like Gilgamesh
-The Hebrew stories adapted large amounts of the stories into their own legends (example: The flood)
-They built massive temples known as Ziggurats
By: Bryce Zimmerman and Tim Laxton