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| c. 2800 BC |
| | | Byblos (modern Jbeil) evolves to become the most important seaport and city of Phoenicia | |
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| c. 2600 BC |
| | | The Canaanites establish themselves in the region around what is now Jerusalem | |
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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 |
| | | Trade lnks, probably by sea in Phoenician ships from Byblos, are established between Egypt and Phoenicia | |
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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. 2400 BC |
| | | Clay tablets discovered at Ebla reveal a busy trading economy reinforced by aggressive military policies | |
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| c. 2400 BC |
| | | The rich trading city of Mari, on the Euphrates, is an important centre in northern Mesopotamia | |
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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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