Mesopotamia, important for Sumerians for they believed gods controlled natural events, Location between two rivers ideal for farming, area depended on trade due to poor soil conditions, first to establish a world empire, irrigation, importance practice to keep fertile soil moist to produce surplus of food, 282 daily laws that were written so all could see, symbol or image writing, Factors that united early civilizations, Phenicia, symbol or image writing, city and area round it, area depended on trade due to poor soil conditions, Location between two rivers ideal for farming, trade and irrigation, bronze, symbol or image writing, Factors that united early civilizations, important for Sumerians for they believed gods controlled natural events, cuneiform and pictographs, importance practice to keep fertile soil moist to produce surplus of food, ziggurat, early forms of writing, first to establish a world empire, pictographs, symbol or image writing, ziggurat, area depended on trade due to poor soil conditions, important for Sumerians for they believed gods controlled natural events, alphabet (22), area depended on trade due to poor soil conditions, 282 daily laws that were written so all could see, Phoenicia developed this writing, important for Sumerians for they believed gods controlled natural events, made tools stronger for more complex building projects, ziggurat, Land of different territories under single ruler, symbol or image writing, bronze, pyramid shaped temple tower for the gods, ziggurat, early forms of writing, city and area round it, important for Sumerians for they believed gods controlled natural events, religion, important for Sumerians for they believed gods controlled natural events, Phoenicia developed this writing, made society more productive since people could specialize in their jobs, city and area round it, Hammurabis code, 282 daily laws that were written so all could see, symbol or image writing, importance practice to keep fertile soil moist to produce surplus of food, city and area round it, city-state, Land of different territories under single ruler, Phoenicia developed this writing, area depended on trade due to poor soil conditions, city and area round it, empire, area depended on trade due to poor soil conditions, bronze, Land of different territories under single ruler, made society more productive since people could specialize in their jobs, division of labor, 282 daily laws that were written so all could see, made society more productive since people could specialize in their jobs, importance practice to keep fertile soil moist to produce surplus of food, Land of different territories under single ruler, Sargon, first to establish a world empire, important for Sumerians for they believed gods controlled natural events, Factors that united early civilizations, made society more productive since people could specialize in their jobs

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