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The document outlines a timeline of key developments in ancient Mesopotamian civilization, including the rise of the Sumerians and their establishment of agriculture and cuneiform writing, the Akkadian Empire and its capital in Babylon, the Assyrian Empire and its capital in Nineveh, and the Chaldean period, concluding with the fall of Babylon ...
The timeline details important events in Mesopotamian civilization from 7000 BCE to 1017 BCE, including the Sumerians forming the first towns and cities around 4000 BCE, Hammurabi becoming king of Babylonia in 1972 BCE and establishing a legal code, the Assyrians capturing Babylonia between 1250-1225 BCE, and the Assyrian Empire becoming weaker ...
Mesopotamia (from the Greek, meaning 'between two rivers') was an ancient region located in the eastern Mediterranean bounded in the northeast by the Zagros Mountains and in the southeast by the Arabian Plateau, corresponding to modern-day Iraq and parts of Iran, Syria, Kuwait, and Turkey and known as the Fertile Crescent and the cradle of ...
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Mesopotamia The Ubaid culture flourishes 3000 Southern Mesopotamia The Uruk period. Named after Uruk: an early city. First cities are created. 3000 Mesopotamia Writing invented 2750 Mesopotamia A Semitic people: the Akkadians begin to settle 2600 Mesopotamia Wheeled transport introduced 2600 Ur Ur is a leading center of civilization. 2400 Agade
Timeline of Mesopotamian Civilizations: Sumerians: 3500‐1800 B.C. *Due to the intense curiosity my classes have shown in ancient Mesopotamia, here is a handout I have compiled to help quench your historical thirst.
1800B.C. Hammurabi unites much of Mesopotamia 1700B.C. 1600B.C. Hittites raid Babylon 1500B.C. 1400B.C. Mitannian Empire controls north Mesopotamia Kassites control south Mesopotamia 1300B.C. 1200B.C. Assyrians conquer much of Mesopotamia 1100B.C. Aramaean and Chaldaean tribes ...
