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Sep 3, 1000
1000 B.C.- Assyrian Empire
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Sep 3, 1300
1300 B.C.- Assyrians control all of Mesopotamia
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1953 B.C.- Hammurabi's Dynasty Ends
Hittites sack Babylon and end Hammurabi's dynasty. -
1753 B.C.- Hammurabi conquers Sumer
Ammorite King Hammurabi (sound familiar?) conquers all of Sumer. Hammurabi rules to 1750. His empire lasts until 1600, when the Kassites conquer most of Mesopotamia. -
1800 B.C.- Kassites defeat Babylonians
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1950 B.C.- Elamites attack Sumer
Elamites from Zagros attack Sumer. They overrun the Syrian Amorites.
Amorites go to Babylon to create colonies with Ashur as center of a kingdom that will be called Assyria. -
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Sumerian History
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Sumer regains independence from the akkadian empire
After being revived from also being overrun by the Gutians, Sumer regains independence now that the Akkadian empire is gone. -
2230 B.C.- Akkadian rule ends
The Akkadian dynasty(empire) is destroyed by the Gutian dynasty. -
2340 B.C- Sargon forms the Akkadian Empire
Sargon takes over numerous sumerian places and builds the Akkadian Empire. This is considered one of the first empires in history. -
3800 B.C. Sumerians build citys
The sumerians supplant, or replace, the Ubaidians and buil cities. These are believed to be the first historical city-states. -
4000 B.C. Sumerians arrive in mesopotamia
Sumerians arrive in southern mesopotamia