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Babylonians

8 items  ·  4,000 BC to 530 BC  ·  4 of 8 shown, by interest

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3400 BC
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Cuneiform Script, Earliest Writing System
Cuneiform Script, Earliest Writing System
Cuneiform script is the earliest known writing system in the world. Cuneiform writing emerged…
2700 BC
Royalty
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Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, 1st Hero in History
Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, 1st Hero in History
Gilgamesh is the main character in the Epic of Gilgamesh, an Akkadian poem that is considered…
1754 BC
Discoveries
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Code of Hammurabi, Babylonian Law Code, 1901
Code of Hammurabi, Babylonian Law Code, 1901
The Code of Hammurabi is a well-preserved Babylonian law code of ancient Mesopotamia, dating…
600 BC – 530 BC
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Cyrus The Great of Persia
Cyrus The Great of Persia
Cyrus II of Persia, commonly known as Cyrus the Great and also called Cyrus the Elder by the…
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