mesopotamia timeline

By ashlei
  • 3200 BCE

    pictographs began

    pictographs started to be used for record of its trades using pictures to keep track of things.
  • 3000 BCE

    signs

    the Sumerians came up with signs which is what they used as an writing system.
  • 2800 BCE

    RULERS

    They had legendary rulers like Gilgamesh, they held control of the land and the safety of people.
  • 2300 BCE

    king Sargon

    Sumerian cities united by King Sargon of Agade (Akkad) he was the first ruler of the Semitic-speaking Akkadian Empire.
  • 1900 BCE

    Language

    Akkadian becomes the main spoken and written language, the native language in Mesopotamian nations such as Assyria and Babylonia.
  • 1800 BCE

    hammurabi

    Hammurabi unites much of Mesopotamia. He conquered all of Mesopotamia and established the first Babylonian Empire. Hammurabi also established a set of laws that is today called the Code of Hammurabi.