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Ancient Mesopotamia: Part 2, Later Empires in Mesopotamia

Jun 5, 2023 · 17m 17s
Ancient Mesopotamia: Part 2, Later Empires in Mesopotamia
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The period of independent city-states came to an end with the rise of the world’s first empire, the Akkadian Empire of Sargon of Akkad. While it lasted only about a...

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The period of independent city-states came to an end with the rise of the world’s first empire, the Akkadian Empire of Sargon of Akkad. While it lasted only about a century and a half, this empire inaugurated a new era in the region, which later saw the emergence of other powerful realms. These included the Third Dynasty of Ur and the famous Babylonian Empire of Hammurabi, who created an influential law code. These later empires preserved many elements of the earlier Sumerian civilization, including cuneiform and works of literature like the Epic of Gilgamesh.

All images referenced in this podcast can be found at https://openstax.org/books/world-history-volume-1/pages/3-2-ancient-mesopotamia

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