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Mesopotamia timeline

  • First city state developed
    5300 BCE

    First city state developed

    The first city developed in South Mesopotamia. This was an achievement for sumerian people
  • Writing development in Mesopotamia
    3500 BCE

    Writing development in Mesopotamia

    First people used pictogram and then thousand of years later than cuneiform script
  • Cuniform
    2500 BCE

    Cuniform

    Signs become in cuniform
  • First empire of Mesopotamia
    2300 BCE

    First empire of Mesopotamia

    King sargon become the king and his empire height reaches in 22200
  • Hummurabi rules
    1700 BCE

    Hummurabi rules

    King hummarbi conquers a large empire. His empire started to fall after his death
  • Babylonia defeated
    1530 BCE

    Babylonia defeated

    Babylonia defeated by Kassites who rules more then 400 years
  • New building
    575 BCE

    New building

    The Ishtar Gate was constructed by the Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar . It was the eighth gate of the city of Babylon (in present day Iraq) and was the main entrance into the city.
  • Mesopotamia downfall
    539 BCE

    Mesopotamia downfall

    Babylonian culture is considered to have ended under Persian rule.Most of the great cities of Mesopotamia no longer existed and the culture had been long overtaken