Mesopotiamia

Mesopotamia

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  • Gold in jewellery manufacture
    3000 BCE

    Gold in jewellery manufacture

    Sumer civilization in Mesopotamia use gold in jewellery manufacture.
  • Period: 3000 BCE to 2350 BCE

    Sumerian

  • Period: 2350 BCE to 1800 BCE

    Akkadian

  • King Sargon
    2300 BCE

    King Sargon

    King Sargon of Akkad starts conquering the first empire in world history. The empire reaches its height in c. 2220.
  • Period: 1800 BCE to 1350 BCE

    Babylonian

  • Babylonia is conquered
    1530 BCE

    Babylonia is conquered

    Babylonia is conquered by the Kassites, who rule the area for 400+ years.
  • Period: 1350 BCE to 539 BCE

    Assyrian

  • King Sennacherib
    689 BCE

    King Sennacherib

    King Sennacherib (705-681 BCE) sacks Babylon in 689 BCE.
  • Period: 539 BCE to 1 BCE

    Persian conquest

  • The Nile and the Red sea
    520 BCE

    The Nile and the Red sea

    Darius of Persia links the Nile and the Red Sea by a canal.