Mesopotamian history
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Uruk, a now Sumerian city has the first walled city known to historians. This started the spread of walled cities around the Fertile Crescent.At approximately this time, King Enshakushanna of Uruk conquers most of Sumer.Approximately this long after King Eannatum of Lagash rose the city to tis highest power, claiming title of king.Kish gains independence and Eannatum's power is slowly diminsihedSargons rise to power in KishRoughly the time of Sargon's deathBabylon founded or rebuilt by AkkadiaShu-suin constructed a Mesopotamian wallAmmorites invade/assimilateElamites destroy UrAmorites begin to dominateBabylon conquers Kish and NipparKing Hammurabi bornBabylon expands northElamite plot discoveredBabylon defeats elam and takes SusaBabylon conquers lower MesopotamiaCampaigns in the northLaw codesHammurabis deathLost political influence over Assyria and ElamSouthern Mesopotamian cities unsuc revoltBabylon loses the northPeople fill the powervoidHittites invade MesoptamiaBabylon Conquered by KassitesBabylons chief god is named MardukKassites expand BabylonEgyptians oust the HyksosEgyptians conquer the LevantAssyria gains independenceHitties and Assyrians attack MitanniAlliances against AssyriaThe Sea people arriveAssyrian king Tukulti- Ninurta sacks BabylonTukulti- Ninurta murderd by his sonsBabylon Taken by ElamBabylon annexedBabylon gains independnceThe fall of ninevahBabylon sacks JerusalemBabylon conquers the whole fertile crescentThe city of Babylon grew even greaterProblematic succesionBabylon fell into the hands of the persiansAlexander the Great defeats the persiansBabylon captured by AlexanderBabylon looses relevanceBabylon becomes ChaldaenMittani destabalizesBattle of MegiddoSargon II ruleSargon II deathAssyria remained weakened for a time neither contracting or evolvingKassites retain some independenceThe Bronze Age CollapseMarduk-kabit-ahheshu (c. 1152–c. 1135) drives out ElamitesNebuchadnezzar I (1124-1103 BCE) war with ElamMarduk-nadin-ahhe (1098-1081 BCE) loses war with AssyriaFamine in babylonSemitic Aramaic tribes raid babylonPeace treatyPeace treaty brokenSenwosret III 1878-1841Peaceful migration of Canaanites to the nile DeltaHyksos found AvarisNubians take much of Upper EgyptNubia brought under Egyptian controlCanaan brought under Egyptian controlHatshepsut 1498-1483 bcTuthmosis III 1504-1440Canaan Cities revoltAmenhotep II 1453-1419Alliances with MitanniAkhenaten 1350-1334 BcTutankhamun 1334-1325 BcHoremheb1321-1293 bcRamses I 1293-1291Egypt battles the HittiesRamses II 1279-1212 bcBattle of KadeshEgyptians defeat the sea peopleAssyria defeats Nubian EgyptEgypt gains independenceEgypt conquered by PersiaEgypt Conquered by AlexanderCleopatra commits suicideEgypt incoropoorated in the Roman EmpireBirth of ChristPeriods
Ubaid Culture
(Uruk Period)Sargon's Akkadian EmpireThe diminishing Akkadian EmpireThe Gutian dynastyNeo-Sumerian empire supplants the Gutian dynasty. The 3rd dynasty of UrSumerian periodAmorites dominate mesopotamiaKing Hammurabi's reignHyksos become 15th dynasty of EgyptMitani Empire in the northGreatest age of peace and collaborationKassite rule of BabylonNeo Assyrian EmpireBabylon's 2nd Isin dynasty takes and looses territory in war with AssyriaNeo Babylonian Empire and reign of the ChaldeansKing Nebuchadnezzar's II reignBabylons last kingThe Persian EmpireTiglath Pileser I (reigned 1115-1076 BCE)Egypt Early Dynastic periodEgyptian old kingdomThe first intermediate periodEgypt Middle KingdomThe second intermediate periodNew Kingdom EgyptEgypt's Third intermediate periodPtolomeic Kingdom
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