Ancient Near East Empires By brancheb Period: 4500 BCE to 1900 BCE Sumer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumer Period: 2334 BCE to 2154 BCE Akkadian Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkadian_Empire Period: 1894 BCE to 1595 BCE First Babylonian Empire https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Babylonian_Empire Period: 1650 BCE to 1178 BCE Hittites https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hittites Period: 911 BCE to 609 BCE (Neo) Assyrian Empire