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  1. //  Old Empires
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  5. #e <t>battle<n>battle of Qarqar<d>853<c>Qarqar<info>This battle was fought between Assyria (led by Shalmaneser III) and an alliance including Israel and Damascus.  It was a draw.
  6. #e <t>use<n>wheeled vehicles<c>Mesopotamia<d>3500
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  8. #s <n>Old Hittite Kingdom<l>3930N3530E<rad>200<col>pink<d>2000(100)<poly>"hittite.poly"<e>1200(100)
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  11. //  Old Babylonian Empire
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  13. #s <n>Old Babylonian Empire<l>3430N44E<rad>600<col>80 100 100<d>1800(100)<poly>"oldbab.poly"<e>1600(100)
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  15. #e <t>invent<n>writing<d>3250(250)<c>Babylon
  16. #p <nat>Babylonian<o>king<n>Hammurabi<b>1800(50)<d>1700(50)<c>Babylon
  17. #e <t>writing<au>Hammurabi<tit>Hammurabi's Code<d>1750(50)<c>Babylon
  18. #e <t>writing<tit>Epic of Atrahasis<d>1735(15)<c>Babylon
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  21. //  Sea Peoples
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  23. #e <t>migration<n>"Sea People" invade<d>1200(50)<c>Palestine<info>The so-called "Sea people" invade the lands of the eastern Mediterranean.
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