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Ancient Mesopotamia was made up of many different civilizations over time. The Sumerians created the first cities in Mesopotamia before being conquered by foreign invaders around 2000 BC. Power was held by individual city-states until empires began to form, with Sargon creating the first Akkadian Empire. The Code of Hammurabi established a system of strict laws under the Babylonian Empire. Mesopotamian society was patriarchal and polytheistic, with important early innovations including the wheel, sundial, a

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