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Ancient Mesopotania

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  • 7000 BCE

    Jarmo

    Farmed built a town at Jarm. Grew wheat from stored seeds and herded pigs, goats, and sheep
  • Period: 7000 BCE to 3500 BCE

    Prehistoric Mesopotamians Learned to Farm

  • 5000 BCE

    Moving to southern Mesopotamia

    Farmers moved from crowded hills and into southern Mesopotamia. Learned to irrigate crops.
  • 5000 BCE

    Specialists come into play

    Villagers began to divide work to become specialists. They also built mouses with mud bricks
  • 3500 BCE

    Priesthood developed

    The Sumerians built a Ziggurat (a mudbrick Temple) at Eridu
  • Period: 3500 BCE to 2000 BCE

    The Sumerians Built Cities

  • 3100 BCE

    Cuneiform writing was invented

  • 2700 BCE

    Gilgamesh

    Ruled the city of Uruk and became the hero of many legends
  • 2300 BCE

    Sargon I

    Conquered northern and southern Mesopotamia. Founded the Akkadian dynasty, which was the first empire in the world.
  • 2218 BCE

    Sumerian Ur

    When the tribes from the hills conquered the Akkadians, Sumerian Ur rose to rule much of Mesopotamia
  • 2000 BCE

    Ur destroyed

    Elamite tribesmen destroyed Ur, which is now recognised as Iran
  • Period: 2000 BCE to 612 BCE

    The Babylonians and Assyrians Created Rival Empires

  • 1792 BCE

    Hammurabi's rule starts

    Hammurabi's Old Babylonian dynasty included much of Mesopotamia. A detailed code of laws was established.
  • 1750 BCE

    Hammurabi's rule ends

  • 1595 BCE

    Hitties and Kassites rule starts

    The Hitties ruled Babylon first, then the Kassites conquered Babylon and went on to rule the city for 4 hundred years
  • 1157 BCE

    Hitties/Kassites rule ends

  • 883 BCE

    Kalhu palace

    Ashurnasirpal II, the Assyrian king built a great palace in the city of Kalhu
  • 704 BCE

    Royal Library creation

    Sennacherib, the Assyrian king creates the Royal Library.
  • 612 BCE

    Nineveh destroyed

    The Assyrian capital, Nineveh, was destroyed by the invading Medes and Babylonians
  • 605 BCE

    Tower of Babel

    Nebuchadnezzar II, the King of Babylon, built "The Tower of Babel" and the "Hanging Gardens of Babylon"
  • Period: 605 BCE to 331 BCE

    Babylon Rises Again

  • 539 BCE

    Persian Empire

    Cyrus the Great conquers Babylon and makes Mesopotamia part of the Persian Empire.
  • 331 BCE

    Alexander the Great

    Conquers the Persians and makes Babylonia his capital. His death causes the city to fall into decay.