Mesopotamian Timeline

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  • Period: 3000 BCE to 2100 BCE

    Sumerians 3000 B.C. to 2100 B.C.

    Temple priests controlled cities
    After several battles some military leaders became rulers
  • Period: 2000 BCE to 1600 BCE

    Old babylonian 2000 B.C to 1600 B.C.

    Under control of Amorite King Hammurabi
    created legal codes
    Neo- Babylonian empire became most powerful state in world after defeating assynans in 612 B.C.
  • Period: 1365 BCE to 800 BCE

    Assyrians 1365 to 800 B.C.

    Leader: ashur- uballit
    created new capital and iron weapons
  • Period: 626 BCE to 539 BCE

    New babylonians 626 B.C. to 539 B.C.

    Leader: cheif Nabopolassar(became one of the most significat cheifs)
    Invented wheel, plow, and first writing language