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Mesopotamian Informative text

By Ashman601
  • 5500 BCE

    Neolithic Cultures

    Early Neolithic cultures (Hassuna, Samarra, and Halaf) in northern Mesopotamia.
  • 4000 BCE

    Ubaid Period

    Ubaid Period: Development of intensive agriculture and construction of irrigation canals.
  • 3500 BCE

    Rise of Sumer

    Emergence of the Sumerian civilization and the founding of the first cities like Uruk.
  • 3000 BCE

    Invention of Writing

    Appearance of cuneiform writing in Sumer.
  • 2350 BCE

    Akkadian Empire

    Sargon of Akkad establishes the first territorial empire in Mesopotamia, the Akkadian Empire.
  • 1750 BCE

    Hammurabi’s Reign

    Reign of Hammurabi in Babylon; creation of the Code of Hammurabi.
  • 1050 BCE

    Middle Assyrian Period

    Middle Assyrian Period: Assyria establishes an empire in Upper Mesopotamia.
  • 626 BCE

    NeoBabylonian Empire

    Nabopolassar founds the Neo-Babylonian Empire and defeats the Assyrians.
  • 539 BCE

    Persian Conquest

    Fall of the Neo-Babylonian Empire to the Persians led by Cyrus II.
  • 331 BCE

    End of Achaemenid Empire

    Alexander the Great defeats the Persian Empire, marking the end of the Achaemenid dynasty.