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Period: 3100 BCE to 2270 BCE
Old Kingdom Of Egypt
The Old Kingdom consisted of 5 dynasties, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, but the dynasties go on for many years (Ignitia.com Editors). The original Egyptians were descendants of Ham, Noah's son(Ignitia.com Editors). Many people wanted the land of Egypt, many Africans and Asiatics set up kingdoms around Egypt to try and take over it(Ignitia.com Editors). All of the descendants of Ham were in scattered clans called nomes (Baines et al.). -
2900 BCE
The History of the Assyrian Empire.
In around 2900 B.C., Assyria had a population of only Sumerians due to it being a brand new empire. Assyria was a strong nation, the had brought down many enemy nations and made many great allies. These Assyrians were one of the first empires to use iron weapons, iron tipped arrows, armor, and much more. they were a great empire in their day. (Ignitia.com Editors) -
Period: 2400 BCE to 2180 BCE
Akkadian Ruler: Sargon!
Sargon had captured Sumer in 2400 B.C. and the empire stretched from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea(Ignitia.com Editors). Sargon encouraged trade in the merchant class(Ignitia.com Editors). Sadly his dynasty ended in 2180 B.C(Ignitia.com Editors). -
Period: 2060 BCE to 1785 BCE
The Middle Kingdom of Egypt
Pepi II had recently died from ruling Memphis, the pharaohs began to lose control over the nobles(Ignitia.com Editors). Egypt was at its low, and the eleventh dynasty collapsed(Ignitia.com Editors). When the twelfth dynasty came to be, Amenemhat I took the throne and the Twelfth dynasty was one of the best in Egyptian history(Ignitia.com Editors). -
1760 BCE
Establishment of a New Empire: Babylon
Babylon was established in 1760 by a ruler by the name of Hammurabi(Ignitia.com Editors). Babylon's first city was called Babel, the place where the tower of Babel was created(Ignitia.com Editors). Babylon was brought down by the Hittites and Assyrians in the 1500's but was rebuilt right after that (Ignitia.com Editors). -
1595 BCE
Hittites sudden attack!
The battle between Babylon and Assyria was still going on, a sudden attack came from the allies of Assyria(Ignitia.com Editors). The Hittites, commanded by Mursili I had attacked Babylon(Ignitia.com Editors)! Babylon had fallen to Assyria and the Hittites in 1595 B.C(Ignitia.com Editors). -
Period: 1580 BCE to 1085 BCE
The New Empire of Egypt
During this period of Egypt's history, they were very modern in their buildings and cities(Ignitia.com Editors). They had made very intriguing allies, such as Assyria and Babylon(Ignitia.com Editors). Egypt ended up being captured by Alexander the Great in 332 B.C. in a battle against Persia(Ignitia.com Editors). -
612 BCE
Persian Civilization.
Persia begins with people called the Medes, for a long time they were under Assyrian rule, but the had rebelled not long after they were captured(Ignitia.com Editors). Babylon was an ally to them in battle but Babylon had fallen in 539 B.C. and Persia had aided Babylon to rebuild(Ignitia.com Editors). -
Period: 612 BCE to 539 BCE
Neo-Babylonian Rule!
The Neo-Babylonian (also called Chaldean) rule was led by king Nebuchadnezzar(Ignitia.com Editors). This rule did not last very long but was extremely effective, God used this army to punish Assyria and Judah for their idolatry and Nebuchadnezzar had marched around the walls of Judah for 7 days and blew horns until eventually the walls had come falling down(Ignitia.com Editors). This was a great impact on the religion of the Judaean's religion, with the same impact on the Assyrians. Ignitia.com -
331 BCE
The battle of Gaugamela
Persia had been fighting against Mesopotamia for a while(Ignitia.com Editors). Soon enough, Alexander the great defeated Darius III in 333 B.C(Ignitia.com Editors). Two years later the Persian empire had completely been defeated, giving Mesopotamia the victory. (Ignitia.com Editors)