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Period: 500 to
Mesopotamia Civilzation
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Aug 30, 620
The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Nebuchadnezzar built the remarkable building for his homesick princess Amyitis.Its perimeter was more than 500 meters.Most of it was cover by many different plants.Also it had man-powered irrigation system.(http://baike.baidu.com/subview/32578/8221942.htm) -
Aug 30, 626
Neo-Babylonian Empire
The Neo-Babylonian Empire was found by Kasdim.Nabopalassar succeeded in revolting the Assyria with Māda and he took half of the Māda's territory as the Neo-Babylonian Empire itself.(http://baike.baidu.com/view/97615.htm) -
Aug 30, 1250
Assyria
Assyria is a major Mesopotamian East Semitic kingdom and empire of the Ancient Near East, existed as an independent state for a period of approximately six centuries from c. 1250 BC to 612 BC, spanning the Early Bronze Age through to the late Iron Age.(http://baike.baidu.com/view/97615.htm) -
End of Old Babylonian empire
In 1595 BC the Old Babylonian empire was destroyed by the Hittie Empire after a series of attack.The Old Babylonian empire no longer exist.Later the king started to reform the law and the empire become more and more powerful.(http://baike.baidu.com/view/137355.htm?fromtitle=%E8%B5%AB%E6%A2%AF&fromid=2957387&type=syn) -
The Code of Hammurabi
It is one of the oldest deciphered writings of significant length in the world. The sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi, enacted the code, and partial copies exist on a man-sized stone stele and various clay tablets. The Code consists of 282 laws, with scaled punishments, adjusting "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth".(http://baike.baidu.com/view/48587.htm/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_Hammurabi) -
Old Babylon appear
In 1894 BC Amorite found the Babylon at the south of Mesopotamia.At first the kingdom was not very powerful but when Ammurāpi become the emperor it started to become the most powerful kingdom at that time.(http://baike.baidu.com/link?url=E7qroxk6acMYIGEKM7LGl5dRbpv9RJbJlg0wErOiKNpmuCUZSnw34Mtwq_hF-mY2NA2lO6065DN9aVgc2pf9C_) -
Tower of Babel
The Tower of Babel has been associated with known structures according to some modern scholars, notably the Etemenanki, a ziggurat dedicated to the Mesopotamian god Marduk by Nabopolassar, king of Babylonia.The Great Ziggurat of Babylon was 91 metres in height.(http://baike.baidu.com/link?url=mikAdBNkJLnmZQ2LcNXWqVml9612i4SE4RS7rUjoBxPY8UQ-DCTCgURtv-yERaG3L89LuRwFtb7vmwSA960IoK) -
Neo-Assyrian Empire
The Neo-Assyrian Empire was an Iron Age Mesopotamian empire, in existence between 912 BC and 609 BC.Following the reforms of Tiglath-Pileser III in the 8th century BC, Assyria emerged as the most powerful state of the Ancient Near East, eclipsing Babylonia and Egypt.(http://baike.baidu.com/link?url=E7qroxk6acMYIGEKM7LGl5dRbpv9RJbJlg0wErOiKNpmuCUZSnw34Mtwq_hF-mY2NA2lO6065DN9aVgc2pf9C_) -
Sumer's revive
In 2120 BC Utu-hengal revolted.He defeated the Gutians and captured the king Tiriga.After that he let Ur-Nammu continue to expend thier territory.In 2113 BC Ur-Nammu dominated the whole Sumerian region and found the Uhl Third Dynasty.(http://baike.baidu.com/link?url=QndyI4p2QDel6-SUbDoY_Qo68OwvyJkNXvLbuCHm-ZzqyYFl2DDTjc3SygSAarFf7SwYP6t6ILJreUQJtpJ33q) -
End of the Sumer-Akkad
In the late period of Akkad Kingdom the centralization of authority started to collapse.The people who under the control stared to revolt.At the same time the Guti invaded the kingdom intensively.Late the kingdom perished.(http://baike.baidu.com/link?url=E7qroxk6acMYIGEKM7LGl5dRbpv9RJbJlg0wErOiKNpmuCUZSnw34Mtwq_hF-mY2NA2lO6065DN9aVgc2pf9C_#5) -
Beginning of Sumer-Akkad
In 2371 BC Sargon led his army to the south.He dominated many city-states on his way to south.Finally he unified the whole sumerian region and found the Akkad Kingdom which was the first military kingdom in the world.He set the capital at Akkad---Babylon(http://baike.baidu.com/view/75748.htm) city.(http://baike.baidu.com/link?url=E7qroxk6acMYIGEKM7LGl5dRbpv9RJbJlg0wErOiKNpmuCUZSnw34Mtwq_hF-mY2NA2lO6065DN9aVgc2pf9C_) -
Solar calendar
A solar calendar is a calendar whose dates indicate the position of Earth on its revolution around the Sun or, equivalently, the apparent position of the sun moving on the celestial sphere.(http://baike.baidu.com/view/23598.htm?fromtitle=%E5%A4%AA%E9%98%B4%E5%8E%86&fromid=5270090&type=syn/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_calendar) -
Built city-state
The Sumerians started to build their city-states around this area.(Tigris & Euphrates)These are the earliest city-states in the world.(http://baike.baidu.com/link?url=E7qroxk6acMYIGEKM7LGl5dRbpv9RJbJlg0wErOiKNpmuCUZSnw34Mtwq_hF-mY2NA2lO6065DN9aVgc2pf9C_) -
Cunieform
Cuneiform script is one of the earliest known systems of writing,distinguished by its wedge-shaped marks on clay tablets, made by means of a blunt reed for a stylus. The name cuneiform itself simply means "wedge shaped".(http://baike.baidu.com/view/107461.htm/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuneiform) -
First Sumerians came to Mesopotamia
These sumerians came to this area from the east mountains.They learnt how to make pottery and invented simple script.From then on Mesopotamia culture strat to riase.(http://baike.baidu.com/link?url=E7qroxk6acMYIGEKM7LGl5dRbpv9RJbJlg0wErOiKNpmuCUZSnw34Mtwq_hF-mY2NA2lO6065DN9aVgc2pf9C_http://baike.baidu.com/link?url=E7qroxk6acMYIGEKM7LGl5dRbpv9RJbJlg0wErOiKNpmuCUZSnw34Mtwq_hF-mY2NA2lO6065DN9aVgc2pf9C_)