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Built irrigation, canlas, sewers, ziggurats and walls for their cities.

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They built important salt and gold mines as well as mosques.

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Ur and Uruk were two important cities in Mesopotamia, rather than cities, they had city states each with their own leaders.

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Timbuktu was a very important trade city in Africa, Zimbabwe became an Empire for a short time, and Mali also became a very important Empire.

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The Africans had no written language but they spoke Arabic, even long poems were spoken, epics such as Dausi and Sundiata.

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Used Cuneiform, the world's first form of writing, they wrote using styluses and tablets.

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They were famous for sculptures, music , mosques, and dancing, they wore Kente, brightly colored woven fabric and played instruments such as the Kora, a guitar like instrument.

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They made ziggurats, cylinder seals, pottery and jewelry, they also made sculptures out of ivory and rare wood.

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The ancient Mesopotamians were polytheistic, meaning they believed in multiple gods, they believed that they controlled every aspect of their lives.

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The ancient Africans believed in Animism, the belief that all things have a soul and Islam.