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8 matches to Sumerians
Akkad. Ancient region in modern Iraq, north of Sumer. c24C BC; center of Sargon’s Semitic Empire.
Amorites. 1900-1600BC. Babylonian civilization conquered Sumerians. Hammurabi.
An. Sumerian god of heaven, father of all gods.
Cuneiform. 3000-1C BC. Sumerian writing form in clay with triangular pointed stick. Spread widely.
Lagash. 6000BC-. Sumerian capital conquered by Sargon c2300BC.
Sargon of Akkad. Mesopotamian king c2334-2279BC. Conquered Sumer, founded First Semitic dynasty.
Sumerians. c6000-2000BC Civilization in Tigris-Euphrates valley. First writing system. First legal code. Akkad. Ur.
Ur. 4000BC Sumerian city on Euphrates River. Mesopotamian capital 26~21C BC.