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Mesopotamia

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  • 5000 BCE

    Frist city

    The Sumer form the first towns and cities. They use irrigation to farm large areas of land.
  • Period: 5000 BCE to 333 BCE

    Mesopotamia

    Means "land between two rivers".
  • 4000 BCE

    Frist Religion

    The Sumer establish powerful city-states building large ziggurats at the center of their cities as temples to their gods.
  • 3500 BCE

    Citys in Summer

    Much of lower Mesopotamia is inhabited by numerous Sumer city-states such as Ur, Uruk, Eridu, Kish, Lagash, and Nippur.
  • 3300 BCE

    Summerians invented the writting

    The Sumerians invent the first writing. They use pictures for words and inscribe them on clay tablets.
  • 3200 BCE

    THE WHEEL

    The Sumerians begin to use the wheel on vehicles.
  • 3000 BCE

    Mathematics

    The Sumerians start to implement mathematics using a number system with the base 60.
  • 2700 BCE

    Leadership in UR

    The famous Sumerian King Gilgamesh rules the city-state of Ur.
  • 2400 BCE

    New Language

    The Sumerian language is replaced by the Akkadian language as the primary spoken language in Mesopotamia.
  • 2330 BCE

    Empire

    Sargon I of the Akkadians conquers most of the Sumerian city states and creates the world's first empire, the Akkadian Empire.
  • 2250 BCE

    King Naram-Sin

    King Naram-Sin of the Akkadians expands the empire to its largest state. He will rule for 50 years.
  • 2100 BCE

    Empire falls City Rebulit

    After the Akkadian Empire crumbles, the Sumerians once again gain power. The city of Ur is rebuilt.
  • 2000 BCE

    Elamites

    The Elamites capture Ur.
  • 1900 BCE

    Assyrians

    The Assyrians rise to power in northern Mesopotamia.
  • 1792 BCE

    Hummurabi

    Hammurabi becomes king of Babylon. He establishes the Code of Hammurabi and Babylon soon takes over much of Mesopotamia.
  • 1781 BCE

    KIng Shamshi-Adad Dies

    King Shamshi-Adad of the Assyrians dies. The First Assyrian Empire is soon taken over by the Babylonians.
  • 1750 BCE

    Hummurabi Dies

    Hammurabi dies and the First Babylonian Empire begins to fall apart.
  • 1595 BCE

    Kassites

    The Kassites take the city of Babylon.
  • 1360 BCE

    Assyrians 2

    The Assyrians once again rise in power.
  • 1250 BCE

    Assyrians Make Things

    The Assyrians begin to use iron weapons and chariots.
  • 1225 BCE

    Assyrians Capture

    The Assyrians capture Babylon.
  • 1115 BCE

    Second Empire & New King

    The Second Assyrian Empire reaches its peak under the rule of King Tiglath-Piliser I.
  • 1077 BCE

    KIng Dies Empire Gose Down

    Tiglath-Piliser dies and the Assyrian Empire becomes weaker for a time
  • 744 BCE

    New King Empire Gets Strong

    The Assyrian Empire becomes strong once again under the rule of Tiglath-Piliser III
  • 721 BCE

    New King Takes Over & Empire Gets Strong

    King Sargon II takes control of Assyria. The empire grows stronger.
  • 709 BCE

    Babylon Gets Taken Over Again

    Sargon II takes control of the city of Babylon.
  • 705 BCE

    King Dies New Capital

    Sargon II dies and Sennacherib becomes king. He moves the capital to Nineveh.
  • 668 BCE

    Last Great King & Library

    Ashurbanipal becomes the last great King of Assyria. He establishes a great library in the city of Nineveh.
  • 626 BCE

    King Dies Empire Dies

    Ashurbanipal dies and Assyria begins to crumble.
  • 616 BCE

    New KIng & Empire

    Nabopolassar takes control of Babylon back from the Assyrians and crowns himself king. The neo-Babylonian empire begins.
  • 604 BCE

    Empire Gets Stronger King Dies

    Nabopolassar dies and Nebuchadnezzar II becomes King of Babylon. He will rule for 43 years and bring the Babylonian Empire to its peak.
  • 550 BCE

    New Empire

    Cyrus the Great rises to power and the Persian Empire begins.
  • 539 BCE

    Babylon Gets Taken Over Again

    Cyrus the Great takes the city of Babylon and lets the Jewish people return to Israel.
  • 522 BCE

    New Goverment

    Darius I becomes King of Persia. He expands the empire and divides it up into states each ruled by a governor called a satrap
  • 518 BCE

    New Capital

    Darius I establishes the capital of the Persian Empire at Persepolis.
  • 490 BCE

    King Attacks

    Darius I attacks the Greeks. He is defeated at the Battle of Marathon.
  • 480 BCE

    Xerxes Tries But Fails

    Xerxes I tries to conquer the Greeks with a huge army. He is eventually turned back in defeat.
  • 333 BCE

    Empire Falls

    Alexander the Great invades the land and conquers the Persian Empire.