Babylonia and Assyria

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Babylonia

South of Mesopotamia 1792 b.c. Hammurabi King of Babylon

Daily Life Relied on Irrigation Class System

Hammurabi’s Code 282 Laws “Eye for an Eye; Tooth for a Tooth”

Babylonia (cont.)

602 b.c. King Nebuchadnezzar II Important Project: Great Ziggurat

Advancements in Math

-Place Value

**Nebuchadnezzar II’s death marked End of Babylonian Empire**

Assyria

Located in Northern Mesopotamia

High Value on War and Conquest

Very Educated People

Built Great Library