Mesopotamian civilization

By Dino man
  • Earliest evidence of human culture in Mesopotamia
    5000 BCE

    Earliest evidence of human culture in Mesopotamia

    We believe Sumerian civilization first took form in southern Mesopotamia around 4000 BCE—or 6000 years ago—which would make it the first urban civilization in the region.
  • Period: 2000 BCE to 540 BCE

    The Babylonians

    Ancient Babylon was an influential city that served as a center of Mesopotamian civilization for nearly two millennia, from roughly 2000 B.C. to 540 B.C.
  • the birth of Hammurabi
    1810 BCE

    the birth of Hammurabi

    Hammurabi, also spelled Hammurapi, was the sixth Amorite king of the Old Babylonian Empire, reigning from c. 1792 to c. 1750 BC. He was preceded by his father, Sin-Muballit, who abdicated due to failing health. During his reign, he conquered the city-states of Larsa, Eshnunna, and Mari.
  • the Hammurabi law
    1754 BCE

    the Hammurabi law

    The Code of Hammurabi is one of the oldest deciphered writings of length in the world (written c. 1754 BCE), and features a code of law from ancient Babylon in Mesopotamia. The Code consisted of 282 laws.
  • The last city in Mesopotamia
    100 BCE

    The last city in Mesopotamia

    In 539 BC, however, Cyrus the Great captured Babylon and incorporated Mesopotamia into the Persian Empire. Periods of Greek and Parthian rule followed, and by about AD 100 Mesopotamian culture had effectively come to an end.
  • Who first discovered the Mesopotamian civilization?

    Who first discovered the Mesopotamian civilization?

    Sir Leonard Woolley (born April 17, 1880, London—died Feb. 20, 1960, London) was a British archaeologist whose excavation of the ancient Sumerian city of Ur (in modern Iraq) greatly advanced knowledge of ancient Mesopotamian civilization.