A government that is ruled over by a religious figure or religious group is known as a theocracy, coming from the Greek word "theos" meaning "god". The word theocracy essentially means "rule by God".
They served as examples of the empire's wealth, inspiring awe in newly conquered people
Intellectual
-Law (Hammurabi's Code)
-Epic of Gilgamesh
-Formed base 60 number system (time)
-Created one of the first maps on a clay tablet (2300 B.C.)
-Created lists of disease symptoms, astronomy details, and chemical items
-360˚ in a circle
Technological (Mesopotamia)
-Cuneiform
-Irrigation
-Invented the wheel and the sail
-built mud-brick walls to defend themselves
Economic
-Self-Sufficient
-Center of cultural diffusion
-Traded with desert and mountainous people, along with Egyptians and the Fertile Crescent
-Traded farm goods for natural resources
-Trade caused cultural diffusion
