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| c. 2800 BC |
| | | Objects are cast in bronze, at Ur in Mesopotamia - introducing what is later called the Bronze Age | |
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| c. 2800 BC |
| | | The harp and the lyre are in use as musical instruments in Mesopotamia | |
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| c. 2500 BC |
| | | The treasures found in the royal cemetery at Ur include a depiction of soldiers in copper helmets, armed with battleaxes | |
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| c. 2500 BC |
| | | Some ninety royal servants, including soldiers, grooms and female musicians, are buried alive in the tomb of a royal couple at Ur | |
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| c. 2500 BC |
| | | Enuma Elish, the Babylonian creation story, spreads in oral form | |
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| c. 2500 BC |
| | | The ruling family of Ur plays a board game which appears to be the same as modern backgammon | |
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| c. 2350 BC |
| | | Sargon conquers the other Mesopotamian states and establishes a dynasty with a new capital at Akkad, close to modern Baghdad | |
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| c. 1800 BC |
| | | Abraham leaves Ur and moves with his tribe and flocks towards Canaan | |
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| c. 1800 BC |
| | | In Mesopotamia the new weapon is a light chariot, drawn by two horses | |
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| c. 1750 BC |
| | | Babylonian astronomers name many of the constellations and identify the planets | |
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