Mesopotamia

MESOPOTAMIA

  • Period: 3000 BCE to 2330 BCE

    SUMERIAN PERIOD

    The written language was invented, the wheel, and the bricks.
  • Period: 2330 BCE to 1800 BCE

    AKKADIAN EMPIRE

    King Sargon l conquered Sumer and stablished the Akkadian Empire
  • Period: 1800 BCE to 1356 BCE

    BABYLONIAN EMPIRE

    Babylon moved into power. Hammurabi, the Babylonian king, took power of Mesopotamia. They imposed the code of Hammurabi, wich is one of the earliest law codes.
  • Period: 1356 BCE to 612 BCE

    ASSYRIAN EMPIRE

    Ashurbanipal, their last great king conquered many territories.