• The lowest class of Sumerian society is slavery.
• They were the first to use arithmetic and geometry
• A conqueror named Sargon defeated the city states of Sumeria.
• Sargon created the worlds first empire.
• an empire brings together separate peoples or previously independent states under the control of one ruler.
• Sargon led the army of Akkad.
• The empire that now controlled the Mediterranean in 2350b.c is the Akkadian Empire
• The Sargon dynasty only lasted about 200 years.
• in 2000b.c, nomadic worriers known as Amorites invaded Mesopotamia.
• They established the capital of Babylon
• The Babylonian empire reached its peak during the reign of Hammurabi from 1792 B.C. to 1750 B.C.
• Hammurabi recognized that a single uniform code of laws would help unify the different peoples of the empire.
• He established Hammurabi's code.
• Kings, priests, and land holders were the highest on the social rankings, then merchants