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Period: Jan 13, 1000 to
Fertile Crescent
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Jan 16, 1000
Chaldeans occupy Ur.
The "New Babylonians" occupy the Ur ( the major city and later the capital of the Sumerian empire in southern Mesopotamia). -
Jan 16, 1080
Aramaeans invade Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia is an ancient region in the eastern Mediterranean. Arameans decided to invade Mesopotamia to take all there goods. -
Jan 16, 1200
Phrygians invade Anatolia and destroy the Hittite empire
Phrygians invade Anatolia and then later destroy the Hittite empire -
Jan 16, 1220
Babylon is under Assyrian control
The Babylons are under the Assyria control. Assyria was a Mesopotamian empire that grew out of the city-state of Ashur. -
Jan 16, 1285
Peak of Hittite power
The hittites were an ancient anatolian people who spoke a language of the Anatolian branch of the indo-European language family and established a kingdom centered at Hattusa in on the central Anatolian plateau in the 18th century BC. -
Jan 16, 1328
Western Mittani is conquered by the Hittites
The Kingdom of Mittani (known to the people of the land, and the Assyrians, as Hanigalbat and to the Egyptians as Naharin and Metani) once stretched from present-day northern Iraq, down through Syria and into Turkey and was once considered a great nation. -
Jan 16, 1400
Assyria regains its independence
Assyria was a Mesopotamian empire that grew out of the city-state of Ashur. It can be seen to be the first empire in history, as at its peak Assyria extended from Anatolia in the west, to Armenia in the north, to Media in the east, and to Egypt in the south. -
Jan 16, 1500
Egyptian empire extends to the Euphrates
Egypt's empire extended over neighbouring areas, from Upper Nubia to the Euphrates river. But Egypt was also linked to other countries through trade, and many foreigners came to reside in Egypt, producing a cosmopolitan society. -
Jan 16, 1550
Kingdom of Mitanni is founded
The Kingdom of Mitanni founded about 1500 BC in northern Mesopotamia was a feudal state with hierarchically organized society. Under the king who was the supreme authority was warrior nobility which received land as inalienable fiefs. Feudalism became predominant form of government throughout the ancient Near East by the middle of 2nd millennium BC. -
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Life of Hammurabi, king of Babylon
Hammurabi (1792-1750 BC) was king of Babylonia, and the greastest ruler in the first Babylonian dynasty. He extended his empire northward from the Persian Gulf through the Tigris and Eupharates river valleys and westward to the coast of the Mediteranean Sea. -
Hammurabi of Babylon destroys Mari.
Hammurabi (the maker of the Hammurabi code and Babylonion) destroys the town of Mari -
The Code of Hammurabi: one of the earliest codes of law in the world
The Code of Hammurabi is a well-preserved Babyloian law code, dating back to about 1772 BC. It is one of the oldest deciphered writings of significant length in hte world. -
Ashur, capial of Assyria, is founded
Assyria was a Semitic Akkadian kingdom, extant as a nation state frome the late 25th or early 24th century BC to 608 BC
