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Period: 500 to
Ancient Mesopotamia
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540
Cyrus the Great conquers Babylonia
Cyrus the Great from Persia attacks Babylon and manages to conquer the empire. His men lowered a river so they could walk through it. Once they got there, there was no fight. All he had to do was get into town. -
Jan 1, 612
Chaldeans defeat Assyrians
Chaldeans fight against new Assyria with the help of Medes. They capture Ninevah and Babylonia again gains power, starting New Babylonia. -
Jan 1, 746
Tiglath Pileser 111 of New Assyria
In 746 there was a rebellion in a royal residence. When this happened Tiglath Pileser 111 took the throne. As king, Tiglath Pileser 111 greatly increased Assyria's empire. The empire then stretched from past the Euphrates river to the Western part of the Zagros mountains. -
Hamarabi of Babylonia
Hammurabi was a great leader of Babylonia. Although he did many things, he is best known for the Code of Hammurabi. There were 282 laws in the code of Hammurabi. An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth represent the ideas of the first laws written down. -
Shamshi-Adad of Assyria
Shamshi-Adad ruled from 1813-1781 BC. He conquered several city states. He was a strong ruler. He kept his army organized. Assyria was a very strong fighting force. -
Phoenicians create the alphabet
By about 920 BC the Phoenicians created the alphabet. This made writing even simpler by having things stay the same in different words instead of the symbol for most words not to have a pattern. -
Nebuchadnezzer of New Babylonia
Nebuchadnezzer was a Babylonian king. He was best known for the hanging gardens of Babylonia which is one of the 7 Wonders of the World. Under Nebuchadnezzers rule Babylon became the most powerful city-state in the area. -
Akkad's empire is destroyed
Around 2275 BC the Gutians from the Zagros Mountains attacked and Akkad's empire is destroyed. -
Akkads Empire Rises
Sargon of Akkad overthrew the king of Uruk, he then conquered Kish. After that has created Akkad, the capitol of the Akkadian empire. Then over time he conquered Sumer and created his empire. -
Cuneiform is created
Cuneiform developed more, it became simpler over time. By 2500 pictographs had changed and they started to use cuneiform. Cuneiform changed over time to become simpler. -
Kingship forms in Sumer
By 2700 BC city started to transfer from the priests controlling everything to forming kingship. Religion was still a big part of the government. Kings started as the military commanders to take control during a war. Over time they started to do more things eventually forming kingship. Religion was still a big part of the government. -
12 city-states form in Sumer
By 3000 BC there were at least 12 major city-states in sumer. They were Kish, Uruk, Ur, Sippar, Akshak, Larak, Nippur, Adab, Umma, Lagash, Bad-Tabira, and Larsa. These are similar to the main city-states though there were other city-states. -
The first system of writing
The first system of writing in Sumer was pictographs that represented different things for trade. Over time some of these symbols changed to make it simpler.
