Mesopotamian Civilizations

First civilization where people lived together in city-states

• Sumerians
• Babylonians
• Hittites
• Hebrews

Invented written language

• Sumerians
• Babylonians
• Hebrews
• Hittites

Divided the circle into 360 degrees

• Sumerians
• Babylonians
• Hittites
• Phoenicians

Invented the sailboat & the plow

• Sumerians
• Babylonians
• Akkadians
• Hittites

Known for the Code of Hammurabi

• Babylonians
• Sumerians
• Hittites
• Phoenicians

Built the beautiful Hanging Gardens

• Babylonians
• Sumerians
• Akkadians
• Hittites

Built the beautiful Gate of Ishtar

• Babylonians
• Sumerians
• Hittites
• Akkadians

Created the first library

• Assyrians
• Babylonians
• Sumerians
• Hittites

First to develop a standing army

• Assyrians
• Babylonians
• Sumerians
• Akkadians

Developed a mail service

• Assyrians
• Babylonians
• Sumerians
• Hebrews