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Jan 1, 626
The Fall of the Assyrian Empire
The defeat of the Assyrian Empire was suprisingly fast. Under Ashurbanipal Egypt regained its independence and his successors faced two enemies in the east: the Medes and the Babylonians. t in the fall of Assyria in 626, Babylon shook off the Assyrian chains, defeating an Assyrian army. source:www.reshafim.org.il/ad/egypt/fall_of_assyria.htm -
Jan 1, 705
Sargon II and Sennacherib
Sargon II dies and Sennacherib becomes king. He moves the capital to Nineveh.Sargon II went on to the Assyrian throne in the middle of a countrywide revolution. He built a new residence city, Dur-Šarruken, but died on the battlefield just one year after it was completed.Sargon was 40 when he came to power and had at least one adult son, Sennacherib. source: www.mesopotamia.co.uk/time/explore/main_mes.htm
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Jan 1, 721
King Sargon II
The Northern Kingdom of Israel was conquered by the Neo-Assyrian monarchs, Tiglath-Pileser III (Pul) and Shalmaneser V. The later Assyrian rulers Sargon II and his son and successor, Sennacherib, were responsible for finishing the twenty-year demise of Israel's northern ten-tribe kingdom source: www.ducksters.com › History for Kids › Ancient Mesopotamia for Kids
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Jan 1, 1250
The Assyrian weapons
The Assyrian war machine was the most efficient military force in the ancient world until the fall of the empire in 612 BCE. The reason why they were successful was a professionally trained standing army, iron weapons, advanced engineering skills, effective tactics, and, most importantly, a complete harshness which came to characterize the Assyrians to their neighbors and subjects and still connects itself to the reputation of Assyria today. source: www.ancient.eu/Assyrian_Warfare -
The Kassites take the city of Babylon
he Kassites were an ancient people known for establishing the second, or Babylonian dynasty; they were believed to have come from the Zagros Mountains of Iran. First mentioned in Elamite texts of the late 3rd millennium BC, they seeped into Mesopotamia in the 2nd millennium, were rejected by Hammurabi's son, but had holdings within the Tigris-Euphrates valley on the northern frontiers of Babylonia and later formed the second Babylonian dynasty. source: history-world.org/kassites.htm -
Hammurabi and the First Babylonian Empire
Hammurabi was an Amorite First Dynasty king of the city-state of Babylon, in 1750 BC,and was the first king of the Babylonian Empire. Hammurabi died and passed the reins of the empire on to his son Samsu-iluna in c. 1750 BC, under whose rule the Babylonian empire began to quickly unravel. source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammurabi -
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Babylon
Fall of Babylon, conquered by Cyrus of Persia.It was the end of the NeoBabylonian dynasty after being conquered by the Persians. The defeat came suddenly in the night when the Medes and the Persians overran the city of Babylon in an attack. Before the attack, the Empire had already fallen on rough times. source: https://bible.org/seriespage/chapter-v-rise-and-fall-babylon -
Ashurbanipal
Ashurbanipal was the last great king of Assyria. He established a great library in the city of Nineveh.Ashurbanipal's library was not the first library of its kind but it was one of the largest and one of the ones to survive to the present day. Most of it is now in the possession of the British Museum or the Iraq Department of Antiquities. source: web.utk.edu/~giles/ -
The Sumer establish temples
A typical Sumerian city was well fortified with thick, tall walls, which the king was responsible for maintaining, for deterring would-be attackers. In a Sumerian city’s walls were avenues that were used for religious processionals, and high, stepped temples know as ziggurats. Sumerian cities often had many ziggurats, each dedicated to a different god or goddess. source: www.ancient.eu/article/37/ -
The beginning
The Sumer form the first towns and cities. They use irrigation to farm large areas of land. The Sumerians were the first people to migrate to Mesopotamia, they created a great civilization. Beginning around 5,500 years ago, the Sumerians built cities along the rivers in Lower Mesopotamia, specialized, cooperated, and made many advances in technology. The wheel, plow, and writing (a system which we call cuneiform) are examples of their achievements. source: www.penfield.edu › Mr. Giotto's Online
