mesopotamia

  • Sep 2, 612

    Downfall of the Assyeian empire

  • Sep 2, 734

    Babyton is captured by Chaldeans

  • ashur capial of Assyria is chaldeans.

  • Fall of Babylon conquer by cyrus of persia

  • Period: to

    Mesopotamia

  • Priests become the rule of Mesopotaman cites

  • Invention of writing

  • First settement of UR

  • The sumerians bult their first temple.

  • Irrigation and agriculture begin in earnet in mesopotamia

  • Godin Tepe Settled

    Godin Tepe Settled
    The first quarter of the millennium nomadic cattle - herders speaking an indo iranian speaking language infiltrate the Zagros and settled among the native population. They are mentioned for the first time in the Assyrian as enemies of king Salmaneser
  • The city of Eridu was founded

    The city of Eridu was founded
    The first and the oldest Sumerian and capital of the early Dynastic Period. The city was found and belonged to the God Enki. The God of wisdom.
  • Nineveh is first settled

    Nineveh is first settled
    The area was settled in 6000 BCE and by 3000 had become an important religious centre for worship of the goddess Ishtar. The early city were constructed on a fault line and consequently, suffered damage from number of earthquakes. For example the first Ishtar temple got destroyed by an earthquake.