Ancient Mesopotamia

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  • 5000 BCE

    The first sumerians move in and begin farming

  • 3700 BCE

    The first town, Uruk appears

  • 3100 BCE

    Cuneiform script develops

  • 2330 BCE

    Sumer and Akkad falls, the Babylonians take over

  • 1770 BCE

    The use of the wheel and horses revolutionizes warfare and trasnsport

  • 1365 BCE

    Assyrian Empire defeats the Babylonians, flourishesand takes control over some partsof Indus Valley and Egypt

  • 620 BCE

    Assyrian Empire crumbles

    Onc epowerful ruler Ashurbanipal dies, the strong Assyrian Empire crumbles. The Babylonians took this opportunity to once again take control
  • 539 BCE

    Persian ruler, Cyrus the Great storms in and takes over mesopotamia

  • 334 BCE

    Alexander the great invades and conquers mesopotamia

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