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Sep 1, 616
Nabopolasser Attempts to Overthrow the Assyrians
Nabopolasser is a Babylonian soldier that use to be Assyrian soldier. Nabopolasser was trying to over run the Assyrian Army so the power would be unbalance in the Near East. Nabopolasser decide to attack the capital of Assyria and his plan did not work. The Assyrian army was able to push the Babylions back. Nabopolasser was forced to sign a retreat.
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Sep 1, 626
The Death of Ashurbanipal
The Assyria Empire's last great king was King Ashurbanipal. He was known for being a popular king and he was also known for gaining a lot of land for his empire. The Assyrian Empire was on the urge of falling apart and with the death of King Ashurbanipal, the Assyria empire was no more. http://www.ancient.eu/Ashurbanipal/ -
Sep 1, 706
Sargon II Takes Control of Babylon and Makes His Own Captital
When Sargon II became the king of Babylon, he controlled the riches of Mesopotamia and the Assyrain Empire. While Sargon was king, he was the envoys of the other kings in Mesopotamia. King Sargon stayed in Babylon for three years until the city of Dur-Sharrukin was completed being built. Then he moved to Dur-Sharrukin and made it the capital of the Assyrian Empire. This city was made in Sargon's honor.
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Sep 1, 1225
The Fall of the Babylon
The Assyrian army took over the Babylon army and gained control of the Babylon Empire. The Assyrians couldn't defeat the Babylon army without first defeating the tribes and groups that help support the Babylions. When the Assyrians destroyed these tribes and groups, the Babylions became weak as the Assyrian army was getting stronger. When it came time for the attack, the Assyrians kicked every Babylion out and the Assyians left it in pieces.
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Sep 1, 1360
The Assyrians Rise
The second time the Assyrians raised up, they took over the whole Mesopotian. By the whole Mesopotian, I mean Egypt, Babylion, Isreal, and Cypress. The Assyrians lasted for 186 years. At this time, the Assyrians were ruled by King Tiglath-Pileser I.
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Capturing Ur and Bringing Back Ur
Ur was under a attack by the Elamites. The Elmaites completely destroyed Ur. King Ibbi-Si, the king of Ur, was taken by the Elamites and was never heard of again. The Isin army came and drove the Elamites out of Ur.The Isins rebuilt the city of Ur and used it as a way of trade. http://www.realhistoryww.com/world_history/ancient/Sumer_Iraq_3a.htm -
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The Mesopotamia Civilization
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Making Math
Mathematics were created in a region of the Mesopotian called Sumer. Math was used to see how much land a person had or how much someone should get taxed. They also used math to make a lunar calendar. The Sumerians used many different sybols that represented different type of numbers. The math that they used back then helped us get to where we are today.
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The Wheel in Use
Even though the wheel was made in 3500 BC, it wasn't used on a vehicle until 3200 BC. They first began to use the wheel for transportation when they invented the chariots. They used chariots to transport loads of materials from place to place. There was one big problem with this system though, they needed lots of wheels to produce a chariot and make it run easily. As we see over time, this invented is helpful in our society today. http://www.autoevolution.com/news/history-of-the-wheel-7334.html -
The Writing System
The writing system that was first invented by the Mesopotamians were called pictograms. These pictograms was a way to communicate about taxes, crops, and many other subjects. They use to right on stone tablets but they changed to scrolls later. The Mesopotamians began to talk about daily events, trade, and many over things on the scrolls. The writing that they made back then, helped us get to where we are today. http://www.mesopotamia.co.uk/writing/home_set.html -
Creating Towns and Cities
No one is sure how the first city came about. There are two main theories that may explain how cities were made. The first theory is that people came together for survival purposes.The other theory was that people came together because they shared the same religious practices. These two theories on how the world came to be seem to be very accurate.
http://www.ancient.eu/article/678/
