Mesopotamia Master Timeline By lizabeth.schmits 3000 BCE Written History Begins 2800 BCE First Ruler of Uruk 2750 BCE Gilgamesh 2700 BCE First King recorded to Date- Enmebaragessi 2550 BCE First Cuneiform tablet 2334 BCE Sargon build empire 2166 BCE Abram leaves Ur 2150 BCE Fall of Agade 2112 BCE Third Dynasty of Ur 2004 BCE Fall of the Third Dynasty 1792 BCE Hammurabi becomes King Period: 1787 BCE to 1749 BCE Babylon conquers Mesopotamia 1595 BCE Hittites conquer Babylon 1500 BCE Beginning of Eusebius's table of ancient time Period: 1340 BCE to 1321 BCE Assyrians and Hittites conquer Mitanni Period: 1115 BCE to 1077 BCE Tiglath- Pileser I reign Period: 1074 BCE to 1056 BCE Ashur-bel-kala's reign 1032 BCE Hittite Collapse Period: 966 BCE to 935 BCE Tiglath Pileser II's reign Period: 945 BCE to 924 BCE Sheshonq I's reign Period: 945 BCE to 712 BCE Dynasty 22 Period: 934 BCE to 912 BCE Ashur-dan II's reign Period: 911 BCE to 859 BCE Ashurnasirpal's reign Period: 870 BCE to 850 BCE Osorkon II's reign Period: 858 BCE to 824 BCE Shalmaneser III's reign 853 BCE Troop from Ahab's and Damascus's army meet in Qarqar 840 BCE Shalmaneser marched north over the 5top of the Armaean - dominated lands 824 BCE Shamashi-Adad becomes king after Shalmaneser dies Period: 823 BCE to 812 BCE Shamshi- Adad V's reign 811 BCE Shamshi-Adad dies 811 BCE Sammu- Amat, Shamshi's queen, takes rule Period: 783 BCE to 774 BCE Shalmaneser IV's reign Period: 771 BCE to 745 BCE Ashur-dan III reign Period: 753 BCE to 746 BCE Ashur-nirari V reign 746 BCE Pul claimed the throne 740 BCE Tiglath- Pileser III spent time in Arvad after conquering 735 BCE Assyrians march towards center of Uratu, force king out of capital 728 BCE Tiglath Pileser III swore alligeince to Babylonian God Marduk 726 BCE Tiglath Pileser III dies 721 BCE Sargon concurred Samaria, need his short order assault Period: 721 BCE to 704 BCE Sargon II reign 714 BCE Sargon ready to invade mountains which lead himself 710 BCE Sargon turns south 705 BCE Sargon II dies Period: 704 BCE to 680 BCE Senna Crib reign 701 BCE Campaign of 701 700 BCE Scythian arrive in records of Assyrians 681 BCE Sennacherib was killed by two youngest sons at temple in Nineveh to Nabu God Period: 680 BCE to 668 BCE Esarhaddon Reign 676 BCE Esarhaddon was force into war with cimmerian nomads because of phrygia 675 BCE Deioces's son Phraotes inherited rule of Ecbatana 671 BCE Esarhaddon drove through outer defenses of Egypt to Tirhakah and army where they would make last stand Period: 668 BCE to 626 BCE Ashurbanipal reign 663 BCE Ashurbanipal joined forces with psammetichus and laid waste to the delta 658 BCE Psammetichus sent secret messages to Gyges, king of Lydia 653 BCE Psammetichus ready to stake future on success of rebellion 653 BCE Phraotes made alliance with wild cimmerians 652 BCE Eshmash-shum-ukin resentment influenced his leading of Babylonian soldiers against cuthah 640 BCE Teispes died and left overlord position to son, Cyrus 630 BCE Ashurbanipal beginnings to fall ill Period: 630 BCE to 627 BCE Ashur-etillu-ilani governs Assyrian empire on Ashurbanipal behave 627 BCE Ashurbanipal dies 627 BCE Disorder salvos empireupon Ashurbanipal death Period: 627 BCE to 621 BCE Fighting occurs with Assyrians in Ninevah and Babylon while Nabopolassar sieged near by cities 620 BCE Nabopolassar crowns himself king of the Chaldeans 612 BCE Assault troops ready to take the cities along the Euphrates 612 BCE Fall of Ninevah 610 BCE Nabopolassar marched towards Haran 605 BCE Nabopolassar turned his attention back to resistance Period: 605 BCE to 562 BCE Nebuchadnezzar reign 602 BCE Necho II meets Nebuchadnezzar in battle 601 BCE Another battle of Necho II and Nebuchadnezzar in battle 597 BCE Jehoiakim died 595 BCE Nebuchadnezzar puts down rebellion 595 BCE nacho II dies Period: 590 BCE to 585 BCE Lydian army meets and fights Medes army 589 BCE Psammetichus II dies 587 BCE Fall of Jerusalem 587 BCE Zedekiah leave people to face wrath of babylonians 585 BCE Nebuchadnezzar organizes ceasefire between armies 559 BCE Cyrus II the great reign begins Period: 556 BCE to 539 BCE Nabondius reign 540 BCE Cyrus sends assaults troops into skirmishes with Babylonians 539 BCE Babylon falls 539 BCE Cyrus the great take Babylon 530 BCE Babylon falls to unknown queen 530 BCE Cambyses II reign begins 530 BCE Tomyris lead people against Persians, armies meet 512 BCE Darius acclaimed king of Persia 310 BCE Eusebius, bishop in Palestine put together ancient time calendar 139 BCE Mithridates I captures King Demetrius Nicator in battle 123 BCE Mithridates II comes to power 53 BCE Publius facing defeat kills himself 53 BCE Marcus Crassus marches towards Euphrates River 40 BCE under Orodes II, Parthians capture Hyrcanus 20 BCE Caesar Augustus makes peace with king Phraates IV 2 Phraates IV is killed by son Phraates V 2 Phraates V drove into exile 6 Vonones I killed/ drove out Artabanus 66 Vologases I sends troops and captures Armenia 113 Trajan marches to Parthia to conquer and captures capital 161 Vologases IV marches through Armenia and invades Syria 212 Ardasdir wages small campaigns on vassal kingdoms 222 Artabanus V takes back capital of Parthia 224 Ardashir marches army to fight Parthians , kills Artabanus V , Parthian Empire ends