1
Q
Beginning of agriculture
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8000 BCE; Jericho 8000 BCE Catal Huyuk 7000 BCE
2
Q
Creation of the Code of Hammurabi
A
1750 BCE
3
Q
Invention of writing
A
3200 BCE; Mesopotamia; cuneiform
4
Q
Invention of wheel, plough, and irrigation (Mesopotamia) and sail (Egypt)
A
3500 BCE
5
Q
Invention of ironworking and Zoroastrianism (Persia)
A
700-601 BCE
6
Q
Ziggurat creation and what it represents
A
2100 BCE; polytheism, anthropomorphic gods, Epic of Gilgamesh; Third dynasty of Ur Mesopotamia
