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The Babylonian Pantheon. Culture: Neo-Babylonian Period: 1000-539 BC Material: Agate. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ British Museum, London. Photography.

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1 The Babylonian Pantheon. Culture: Neo-Babylonian Period: 1000-539 BC Material: Agate. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ British Museum, London. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 21 Feb 2014. http://quest.eb.com/images/300_3413229;jsessionid=F960D46A853607880ECC6CF94BB176C0 http://quest.eb.com/images/300_3413229;jsessionid=F960D46A853607880ECC6CF94BB176C0

2 Country Of Origin: Mesopotamia. Culture: Neo- Babylonian Period: 9th-7thC BC Material: Chalcedony. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ British Museum, London. Photography. Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. Web. 21 Feb 2014. http://quest.eb.co m/images/300_341 4222;jsessionid=F960 D46A853607880EC C6CF94BB1 http://quest.eb.co m/images/300_341 4222;jsessionid=F960 D46A853607880EC C6CF94BB1

3  The first one is how Sargon was the fist that made it when he dies his sons will rule.  The second achievement is that the Akkadians came up with steles, their own sculpture.  The third achievement is how Sargon made temples and palaces a more common thing by building many of them.

4  The first reason is because of Hammurabi’s code of laws, which was a collection of written laws.  The second reason is because women had some rights, they could own property and keep money of their own.  The third reason is that Hammurabi let slaves have some rights, they could buy freedom, they could own property, and they could work elsewhere.

5  First they came up with new weapons and strategies, they used iron weapons, horses, battering rams, and much more.  The second is that they built aqueducts.  The third reason is because they made a new type of sculpture called bas-reliefs.

6  One achievement was the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.  Another reason is because of the 1 st sun dial.  The last reason is the sixty minute hour and seven day week the Neo- Babylonians created.

7  The first reason is because they had really beautiful palaces all over.  The second reason is because they had a very orderly sixty minute hour and seven day week.  The last reason is because they did math and astronomy so everyone would be really smart.


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