... replaced with Bronze. Bronze became so widely used across the land that now that era is referred to as the Bronze Age (3000 B.C. to 1000 B.C.) Then around 1000 B.C. was the introduction of Iron. The Bronze Age brought us large-scale architecture in Egypt and Mesopotamia. Egypt and Mesopotamia both have similar climates ... of architecture due to customs and cultures. Also seeing different works of literature and art as well as language. The major turning point is around 1000 B.C. with the end of the Bronze Age and the coming of the Iron Age, and the Greeks. The Greeks developed the sys...

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... of Lagash, who claimed to be divine, like most Sargonic kings. Gudea promoted artistic development. The Sumerian and Akkadian languages coexisted for about 1000 years until Sumerian dialects died out around 1800 BCE. Around 2000 BCE Gutians took over Sumer. They were barbarians who used hit and run ... , and warriors. These people had high positions in Sumerian society. People with religious offices were held in high regard, as were warriors. The middle class was made up of merchants, farmers, traders, and artisans. They worked to keep the city-states running. At the bottom were slaves. ....

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... , the indigenous people of north-central Anatolia. Soon an Old Assyrian merchant colony, or karma, was established there in the 19th-18th centuries BC (Middle Bronze Age). The Hittites would arrive in the 17th century BC, and their first king was named Hattusili, which means "one from Hattusha". He reigned ... , Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Israel and Egypt). Domesticated agriculture was all around the Mediterranean Sea, by 3000 BC. It was also fervent throughout Southwest Asia (the Middle East), the Nile and Indus Valleys, including Mesopotamia, now modern day Iraq. In the Early Dynastic Perio...

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