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8500 BCE
Assyria
Humans inhabited villages at this time. They had sheep and goats and traded goods with other villages. Some had simple homes and some became very rich. -
5400 BCE
Sumerians
The Sumerians founded the city of Eridu. The Tigeres and Euphrates River gave the city water for crops and other means of living. There were skilled craft workers, metal, stone, and textile workers. -
4000 BCE
Sumerians
Towns grew larger and larger. Uruk was the largest city at this time. -
3300 BCE
Sumerians
Independent cities still growing (Uruk, Ur, Kish, Umma, Lagash, and more) with villages and farmlands. Walls were being built around each city as defense from neighboring enemies. Writen system was established. -
3000 BCE
Assyria
The population grew too include different people. -
2500 BCE
Sumerians
Each of the neighborhoods grew into smaller kingdoms until Kish took control. Cuneiform symbols were used for writing on clay tablets which were dried in the sun. Sumerians left behind writings of medicine, anatomy, magic, economy, politics, liturature, and religion. -
2375 BCE
Sumerians
Sargon of Akkad ruled for the next 150 years. -
2112 BCE
Sumerians
For the next 108 years, Sumeria hit its peak being ruled under a dynasty from the city Ur. Then, over the next 1,500 years the Sumerians language faded away and stopped in 2000 BC. -
2000 BCE
Old Babylonian
New Amorite leader Sumu-Abum founded tribal kings and ruled for 300 years. King Hammurabi ruled from 1792 to 1750BC and expanded Babylon. Large walls were built to protect the city from intruders. They traded textiles and grain for gold, silver, and precious stones with Syria and other countries north of Assyria to the Pursian Gulf -
2000 BCE
Assyria
For the next 300 years traders grew more wealthy and established bigger comunities with their tradeds of gold and silver. In 1800BC Shamshi-Adad ruled Assyria. -
1725 BCE
Old Babylonian
Hammarabi died in 1750BC and Babylon became a smaller state after the 1595BC Hittite raid destroyed the city. Babylon came back in strength in about 1450BC under the Kassite dynasty, until 1155BC. -
1300 BCE
Assyria
In 1300BC, Assyria began its new independence after its last ruler Mitanni. Assyria expanded for next 200 years. -
850 BCE
Old Babylonian
Assyrians try to take control of Babylon from 745BC to 650BC through battle. King Sennacherib of Assyria demolished Babylon to revenge his son who had been king. Sennacherib´s son Esarhaddon rebuilt Babylon in 680BC. -
800 BCE
Assyria
In the 1800sBC, Shalmaneser III controlled Mediterranean trade and built a stronger Assyrian Empire. In the mid 700sBC King Tiglath-Pileser III became the king of Babylonia after he took contol of Syria and Isreal. -
612 BCE
New Babylonian
Nabopolassar took control of Babylonia and defeated the Assyrians to gain control of todays Syria, Isral, Lebanon, and Egypt. Nabopolassar died in 605BC. -
605 BCE
New Babylonian
In 605BC to 562BC Nabopolassar´s son Nebuchadnezzar II ruled Babylon and made it the best it ever was. He instructed workers to build thicker walls and a moat around the city. The Ishtar gate was the most briliant gate constructed with images of dragons, lions, and bulls. The Euphrates River flowed through the city and as many as 200,000 people lived in Babylon. They even made banking investments and became very succesful in the world. -
600 BCE
Assyria
In the 600sBC, King Esarhaddon took over and concurred Egypt, however, the Median and Babylonian attacks ended the Babylonian Empire. -
539 BCE
New Babylonian
Persia captured Babylon in 539BC and made the Pursian Empire wealthy. -
331 BCE
New Babylonian
In 331BC, Alexander the great controlled Babylon. In 323 BC, after Alexander died, General Seleucus became king of Babylonia and Seleucia. As time went on Babylon emptied out and was barron.
