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"the Chaldeans", was a marshy land located in Southern Iraq and Kuwait which came to rule Babylon. Tribes of settlers who arrived in the region in 625-539 BC became known as the Chaldeans.They are descendants of the ancient Assyrian and Babylonian.
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Assyrian culture owed so much to Babylon, including cuneiform, the Assyrians reconquered it in the mid-9th cent. B.C. Eventually the Assyrian Empire gained control of the region. This empire included places that are outside of Mesopotamia, such as parts of present-day Turkey, Egypt, and the Persian Gulf.
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Map of how much land they conquered. Assyria is located in Upper Mesopotamia, and named after the Assyrians. The Assyrians, moved to Upper Mesopotamia around 2,000 BC. For many years the Assyrians were overshadowed by the Sumerians and Akkadians.
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Mitanni originate in Iran, migrating into Northern Mesopotamia during Amorite Babylonian Dynasty. The Mitanni were an Indo-European, whose kingdom in northern Mesopotamia grew from about 1600 until taken over by the Hittite King,
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The Hittites were Anatolian people who created an empire centred on Hattusa in north-central Anatolia around 1600 BC. They raided the Eurphates river & captured Babylon.
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Akkadian was a semitic language spoken in Mesopotamia between about 2,800 BC and 500 AD. The Akkadian cuneiform script was changes from Sumerian cuneiform in about 2,350 BC. the Akkadian language favors the way the Chinese script was adapted to write Japanese.
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Ashurnasirpal II is known for his ruthless military conquests and the consolidation of the Assyrian Empire, but he is probably most famous for his grand palace at Kalhu (also known as Caleh and Nimrud in modern-day Iraq)
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Shows some events that happened between 6000-586 B.C
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Gilgamesh is the greatest hero in ancient Near Eastern literature. The story of this hero is based on a legendary king of the same name who ruled the Mesopotamian city of Uruk sometime between 2700 and 2600 b.c.e. The name of Gilgamesh appears on the famous Sumerian King List.
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Sumerian cuneiform is the earliest known writing system. Sumerian is not related to any other known language so is classified as a language isolate. Originally the Sumerians made small tokens out of clay to represent the items. Over time they realised that the tokens were not needed as they could make the symbols in the clay.
