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| c. 1830 BC |
| | Babylon is a tiny region, about 50 miles across, when Amorites establish there the first Babylonian dynasty | |
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| c. 1750 BC |
| | Babylonian astronomers name many of the constellations and identify the planets | |
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| c. 1750 BC |
| | Priests in Babylon make loans from the temple treasure, introducing the concept of banking | |
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| c. 1750 BC |
| | The Babylonians introduce an important step in the story of arithmetic - the concept of place value in numbers | |
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| c. 1728 BC |
| | Hammurabi inherits the relatively minor kingdom of Babylon | |
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| c. 1728 BC |
| | Hammurabi begins a programme of conquest and coalition which will vastly extend the Babylonian empire | |
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