Mesopotamian timeline

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  • 4000 BCE

    The Sumerians Rise

    The Sumerians began in the lower areas of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in about 4000 BC.
  • Period: 4000 BCE to 2000 BCE

    Sumerian Characteristics

    Sumerians were very religious and had a strong priesthood, and they had different classes of people.Sumerians had city-states that were separated by temples.
  • 2500 BCE

    The Assyrians Rise

    The Assyrians arose and lived in the upper mesopotamia on the Tigris river.
  • Period: 2500 BCE to 609 BCE

    The Assyrians Characteristics

    The Assyrians had a Monarchy government type, and were ruled by kings. Most of the Assyrian cities were established by 2600.
  • 2000 BCE

    The Sumerians fall

    The Sumerian population disappears from military domination killing them all off.
  • 2000 BCE

    The Old Babylonians Rise

    The Old Babylonians came after the Sumerians, lasting about 400 years before falling.
  • Period: 2000 BCE to 1600 BCE

    The Old Babylonians Characteristics

    Named the Unifiers of the mesopotamia came from the west of the Euphrates river. The Babylonians ran a great economy of trade, and they had laws.
  • 1600 BCE

    The Old Babylonians Fall

    The Old Babylonians fell around 1600 BC, after their leader Hammurabi died the Babylonian people slowly died off over the next 150 years.
  • 626 BCE

    The New Babylonians Rise

    In 626 the New Babylonians took over the Assyrians, regaining the Babylonian leadership.
  • Period: 626 BCE to 539 BCE

    The New Babylonians Characteristics

    The New Babylonians had large estates and started cities with their own temples and laws for the city granted by the kings.
  • 609 BCE

    The Assyrians Fall

    After the death of their leader in 627 BC the Empire fell , but a few Assyrians can still be found today.
  • 539 BCE

    The New Babylonians Fall

    The New Babylonians fell due to a war that they fought and ended up losing.