Humanities Timeline

By lprager
  • People began settling southern Mesopotamia
    4500 BCE

    People began settling southern Mesopotamia

  • Sumarians build multiple cities surrounded by crops
    3000 BCE

    Sumarians build multiple cities surrounded by crops

  • Constant war inbetween the city-states of Sumer. Between 3000 & 2000 B.C.
    2500 BCE

    Constant war inbetween the city-states of Sumer. Between 3000 & 2000 B.C.

  • Sargon of Akkad takes over and adopts the culture.
    2350 BCE

    Sargon of Akkad takes over and adopts the culture.

  • Amorites (nomad warriors) invade Mesopotamia and eventually make their own capital.
    2000 BCE

    Amorites (nomad warriors) invade Mesopotamia and eventually make their own capital.

  • Between 1792 and 1750 B.C. the Babylonian empire reaches its most successful point in history under the powerful ruler of Hammurabi. His legacy was his laws that he created. Years later the empire falls to its neighbors the Kassites.
    1792 BCE

    Between 1792 and 1750 B.C. the Babylonian empire reaches its most successful point in history under the powerful ruler of Hammurabi. His legacy was his laws that he created. Years later the empire falls to its neighbors the Kassites.