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Events relating to asia
Clay tablets discovered at Ebla reveal a busy trading economy reinforced by aggressive military policies
The rich trading city of Mari, on the Euphrates, is an important centre in northern Mesopotamia
Sargon conquers the other Mesopotamian states and establishes a dynasty with a new capital at Akkad, close to modern Baghdad
The water buffalo, domesticated somewhere in southeast Asia, features on the seals of the Indus civilization
The god Ashur is worshipped at a shrine on the Tigris known by his name (the origin of the word Assyria)
The elephant is tamed in the Indus civilization
The red jungle fowl is domesticated as poultry in southeast Asia
Babylon is a tiny region, about 50 miles across, when Amorites establish there the first Babylonian dynasty
Abraham leaves Ur and moves with his tribe and flocks towards Canaan
In Mesopotamia the new weapon is a light chariot, drawn by two horses
Shamshi-Adad I conquers Ashur and the surrounding areas, beginning Assyria's first brief period as a regional power
Babylonian astronomers name many of the constellations and identify the planets
Zimri-Lim builds himself a spectacular palace with some 300 rooms in his capital city of Mari in northern Mesopotamia
Priests in Babylon make loans from the temple treasure, introducing the concept of banking
The Babylonians introduce an important step in the story of arithmetic - the concept of place value in numbers, with digits on the left having greater value than those on the right
Shamshi-Adad I conquers the rich and ancient kingdom of Mari, and puts on the throne his son Yasmah-Adad
Hammurabi inherits the relatively minor kingdom of Babylon
Hammurabi begins a programme of conquest and coalition which will vastly extend the Babylonian empire
The Code of Hammurabi gives a detailed picture of Babylonian law and society
The Code of Hammurabi is the first surviving document to record the law relating to slaves
Hammurabi, in the process of winning control over the whole of Mesopotamia, conquers the northern territories of Mari and Ashur
The Hittites build an empire based on their stronghold at Hattusa (now Bogazkale) in Anatolia
More than 25,000 cuneiform tablets (unearthed since 1933 at Mari) provide a detailed account of Assyria in the late 18th century BC
Ashur, or Assyria, sinks into almost a millennium of fluctuating but largely diminished fortunes
