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5000 BCE
Sumer
The Sumer form the first towns and cities. They use irrigation to farm large areas of land. -
Period: 5000 BCE to 2400 BCE
Sumerian rule
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4000 BCE
Establishing cities/states
The Sumer establish powerful city-states building large ziggurats at the center of their cities as temples to their gods. -
3300 BCE
First writing
The Sumerians invent the first writing. They use pictures for words and inscribe them on clay tablets. . -
3200 BCE
Vehicles
The Sumerians begin to use the wheel on vehicles -
3000 BCE
Mathmatics
The Sumerians start to implement mathematics using a number system with the base 60. -
2400 BCE
change of dialect
The Sumerian language is replaced by the Akkadian language as the primary spoken language in Mesopotamia. -
2330 BCE
Worlds first empire
Sargon I of the Akkadians conquers most of the Sumerian city states and creates the world's first empire, the Akkadian Empire. -
Period: 2330 BCE to 2100 BCE
Akkadian rule
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Period: 2250 BCE to 2200 BCE
King Naram-sin rule
King Naram-Sin of the Akkadians expands the empire to its largest state. He will rule for 50 years. -
2100 BCE
Sumerians regain power
After the Akkadian Empire crumbles, the Sumerians once again gain power. The city of Ur is rebuilt. -
Period: 2100 BCE to 1900 BCE
Sumerians regain power
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1900 BCE
The Assyrians
the Assyrians rise to power in northern Mesopotamia. -
Period: 1900 BCE to 1750 BCE
Assyrians gain power
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1792 BCE
Code of Hammurabi
Hammurabi becomes king of Babylon. He establishes the Code of Hammurabi and Babylon soon takes over much of Mesopotamia. -
Period: 1792 BCE to 1750 BCE
Hammurabi rule of Babylon
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1781 BCE
Babylonias take over
King Shamshi-Adad of the Assyrians dies. The First Assyrian Empire is soon taken over by the Babylonians. -
1750 BCE
Hammurabis death
Hammurabi dies and the First Babylonian Empire begins to fall apart.
