MESOPOTAMIA

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  • 3000 BCE

    Sumerian

    Sumerian
    Gobernant: Mebaragesi de Kish
    Capital: Eridu
    Monuments: Ziggurats
    Perquè?: The culture of Uruk was imposed slowly, however it was not created a great kingdom but it was a country made up of several city-states. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_0N7E7nScc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KY05g30v2Xo
  • 2350 BCE

    Akkadian

    Akkadian
    Governant: Lugalzagesi de Umma
    Capital: Akkad
    Monuments: The White Temple of Anu in Uruk
    Perquè?: Once the Akkadian Empire was defeated, its establishment in Mesopotamia and its control, although general, was very weak in the South, with city-states totally independent of the qutu government.
  • 1800 BCE

    Babylonia

    Babylonia
    Governant: Abu Simbel
    Capital: Babylonia
    Monuments: Temple of Ramsés II
    Perquè?: At the end of the 7th century BC, his last great king, Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC, approx.), Ascended to the throne of Babylon, who immediately embarked on a dozen military campaigns to subdue all the small local kingdoms of Syria.
  • 1350 BCE

    ASSYRIAN

    ASSYRIAN
    Governant: Sargón II
    Capital: Assur
    Monuments: A lamassu/ Riuines de la ciutat de Nínive/ Esfinges
    Perquè?: Assyria and his empire were not affected unduly by these tumultuous events for 150 years, perhaps the only ancient power that was not. However, after the death of Ashur-bel-kala in 1056 a. C., Assyria entered a comparative decline for the next 100 years.
  • 539 BCE

    Persian Conquest

    Persian Conquest
    Governant: Ciro II el Grande
    Capital: Pesèpolis
    Monuments: The fire temple/ Tumba Aqueménida (Naqsh-e Rostam)
    Perquè?:
    The Persians had no military rivals thanks to their great army, except the Greeks who were superior in their tactics. The Greeks had great political fragmentation against them. In Greece, power was divided between city-states, while Persia was a huge, totally unified empire.