Ancient Mesopotamia
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è stato aggiornato: 3 gen 2023
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The Sumer form the first towns and cities.
They use irrigation to farm large areas of landThe Sumer establish powerful city-states building large ziggurats
at the center of their cities as temples to their godsMuch of lower Mesopotamia is inhabited by numerous Sumer city-states
such as Ur, Uruk, Eridu, Kish, Lagash, and NippurThe Sumerians invent the first writing.
They use pictures for words and inscribe them
on clay tabletsThe Sumerians begin to use the wheel on vehiclesThe Sumerians start to implement mathematics
using a number system with the base 60Sumerian King Gilgamesh rules
the city-state of UrThe Sumerian language is replaced by the Akkadian language
as the primary spoken language in MesopotamiaSargon I of the Akkadians conquers most of the
Sumerian city states and creates the world's first
empire, the Akkadian EmpireSumerians once again gain power.
The city of Ur is rebuiltThe Elamites
capture UrThe Assyrians rise to
power in northern
MesopotamiaHammurabi becomes king of Babylon.
He establishes the Code of Hammurabi
and Babylon soon takes over much of
MesopotamiaKing Shamshi-Adad of the Assyrians dies.
The First Assyrian Empire is soon taken over by the BabyloniansHammurabi dies and the First
Babylonian Empire begins to fall apartThe Kassites take the
city of BabylonThe Assyrians begin to
use iron weapons and
chariotsThe Assyrians capture
BabylonThe Second Assyrian Empire reaches its peak
under the rule of King Tiglath-Piliser ITiglath-Piliser dies and the Assyrian
Empire becomes weaker for a timeThe Assyrian Empire becomes strong once
again under the rule of Tiglath-Piliser IIIAlexander the Great invades the land
and conquers the Persian EmpireXerxes I tries to conquer the Greeks with
a huge army.
He is eventually turned back in defeatDarius deafeated
at MarathonDarius I establishes the capital
of the Persian Empire at PersepolisDarius I becomes King of Persia.
He expands the empire and divides it up into states each ruled by a governor called a satrapKing Sargon II takes control of AssyriaSargon II takes control of the city of BabylonSargon II dies and
capital moves to
NinevehAshurbanipal becomes the last great King of Assyria.
He establishes a great library in the city of NinevehAshurbanipal dies and Assyria begins to crumbleNabopolassar takes control of Babylon back from the Assyrians and crowns himself kingNabopolassar dies and Nebuchadnezzar II becomes King of BabylonCyrus the Great rises to power, start of the Persian EmpireCyrus the Great takes the city of Babylon
and lets the Jewish people return to IsraelPeriodi
Hassuna cultureHalaf cultureSamarra cultureUbaid cultureNeolithic (Stone Age)Pre-Pottery Neolithic BPre-Pottery Neolithic ABronze AgeChalcolithic (Copper Age)Iron AgeBabyloniaAssyriaSumerAkkadian
EmpireAchaemenid EmpireNeo-Babylonian
EmpireAntiquityMacedonia
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