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5000 BC- Sumerians form the first cities and towns
They use irrigation.4000 BC- Sumerians start powerful city-states building large ziggurats at the centre of their cities as temples to their gods.3300 BC The Sumerians invent writing. They use pictu-res for words on clay tablets.3200 BC- The Sumerians begin to use the wheel on vehicles.3000 BC- The Sumerians start to develop and use mathematics.2330 BC - Sargon I of the Akkadians conquers most of the Sumerian city states and creates the world's first empire, the Akkadian Empire.1900 BC - The Assyrians rise to power in northern Mesopotamia.1792 BC - Hammurabi becomes king of Babylon. He had a law code written. The Babylonian Empire began.1250 BC- The Assyrians begin to use iron weapons and chariots.1225 BC - The Assyrians capture Babylon and rule Mesopotamia again.604 BC - Nebuchadnezzar II becomes King of Babylon. He ruled for 43 years and made the Babylonian Empire strong.550 BC - Cyrus the Great rises to power and the Persian Empire begins.333 BC - Alexander the Great invades the land and conquers the Persian Empire.
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