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Founding of the Assyrian Kingdom (1900 BCE)
"The nomadic Assyrians had become caravan merchants whose extensive trade networks stretched from Anatolia to Mesopotamia" (textbook). "The ancient Sumerian city of Assur served as the capital of the Assyrian Kingdom." (website) They took settled down in upper mesopotamia and relied heavily on trade -
Assyria conquered by amorites (1800 BCE)
"Conquered by Amorites, another Semitic people. The Amorites constituted the ruling class, while the Assyrians comprised the general population, retaining their distinct identity." (website) the amorites were later driven out by the king of assyria, shamashi adad. -
Babylon captured by hammurabi (1728 BCE)
"The famed Babylonian king was an Amorite, who gained control of Babylon, initiating the First Babylonian Dynasty. Hammurabi would create the world's first written civil law." (website) The hammurabi code was his written civil law and was one of the first set of laws that established equal rights, to a certain extent, amongst his people. -
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Reign of shashmi adad (1813- 1791 BCE)
At first he was a minor ruler in mesopotamia but quickly gained power by extending his kingdom from the euprhates to the zagros foothills. He conquered a kinngdom below his by the name of Mari and made his son Yasmah adad the king of Mari. He also exiled the amorites from assyria (website) -
Babylonian rule of assyria (1700 BCE)
"The Semitic-ruled Babylonian Empire (a competing Amorite dynasty) conquered the Amorite-ruled Assyrian territory after conquering Southern Mesopotamia in 1700 BC." (website) Hammurabi strengthened his kinngdom with his civil law system and his belief in Marduk (old babylons unified god) he was amongst the first to declare war in the name of a god (textbook) -
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Hamurrabi conquers mesopotamia (1699-1690 BCE)
" Hammurabi proceeds to conquer Larsa as well, upset that the Amorite-ruled kingdom (blue) failed to live up to their promise in joining Babylon against the Elamites. Riding the momentum gained in its conquests to the south, quickly submitting Assyrian territories to his rule." (website) -
Assyria independent once again (1400 BCE)
"After the collapse of the Mitanni, due to battles with the Hittites from the north, and rebelling Assyrians, Assyria was once again independent after more than 400 years under foreign rule." (website) the hitties gave up control because ashur was far away so the assyrians gained independence that way (website)
