• The Fertile crescent is now Jordan, Syria, and Iraq.
• Sumer occupied the land between the Tigris and Euphrates
• Populations increased
• Cities and towns were founded, with some having as much as 40,000 people.
• Better food allowed for diversity in professions such as priests, tradesmen, politicians, and farmers
• kings and dynasties emerged and city states emerged
• collected taxes
• Sumerians ordered the earliest form of writing called cuneiform
• The Epic of Gilgamesh Is the oldest know epic and is about a great flood.
• They divided hours into 60 min and min into 60 sec.
• The ziggurat was a Sumerian temple built on top a mountain of earth.

       Hammurabi's code seemed to have laws that would make sense for punishment at the time. It was completely different when they were around and a lot of these laws would seem to make science. It also seems like the laws were in favor of the entire city state. They did not have any jails so most of the people who committed the crime were killed. It also seemed like that if you did not let executed, you would not be angry at what happened and revolt against the city state which was probably better for the rulers. It also seemed like the social class mattered too. for example, you would have to pay less if you stole something from a slave compared to a king or priest.