1. Rivers Support the Growth of Civilization.

2. The Fertile Crescent.

3. Irrigation and Civilization.

4. River Valley Civilizations.

5. City-State.

6. Sumerian Society – World’s First Advanced Society.

7. Sargon’s Empire, C. 2330 BC.

8. Summerian Religion – Polythesim.

9. The City-State of Ur.

10. Cuneiform.

11. Development of Writing – Pictographs.

12. The Wheel.

13. Sumerian Achievements.

14. The Rise of Babylon and a Monarch.

15. Hammurabi’s Code.

16. Babylonian and Assyrian Empires.

17. The Assyrian Army.

18. Phoenicia, c. 8000BC and Trading Power.

19. Alphabet.