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Persian Darius
Darius I ruled the Persian Empire at its peak. He divided the land into provinces that were ruled by satraps. Darius invaded Greece in the First Persian War where his army was defeated by the Greeks at the Battle of Marathon -
Sep 2, 705
Assyrian Sennacherib
Sennacherib conquered the city of Babylon. He also rebuilt much of the Assyrian city of Nineveh turning it into one of the great cities of ancient history. -
Babylonian Hammururabi
hammurabi was the 6th ruler. he also founded the empire. he was also famous for making the Hammurabi code -
Assyrian Shamishi Adad
Shamshi-Adad conquered many surrounding city-states in northern Mesopotamia. He was an excellent leader and organizer. He established the first Assyrian Empire -
Babylonian Nabopolassar
he rulesfor 20 year. he established the second babylonian empire. also he teamed up with an allie to overthrow the Assyrian empire -
Assyrian Ashurbanipal
Ashurbanipal was the last strong king of the Assyrian Empire. He built a massive library in the capital city of Nineveh that contained over 30,000 clay tablets. He ruled Assyria for 42 years, but the empire began to decline after he died. -
Persian Cyrus the Great
Cyrus rose to power and established the Persian Empire when he overthrew the Medes and conquered Babylonia. He believed in human rights and allowed the nations he conquered to worship their own religion. He allowed the exiled Jews to return home to Jerusalem. -
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Mesopotamia Rulers
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Akkadian Naram-sin
the Akkadain empire reached his peak under his rule. Naram Sin was the first ruler to claim he was a god
also his grandson is Sargon -
Akkadian Sargon the Great
Sargon the Great was a ruler of the Akkadian empire.
conquered many Summerian city-state and united them under on rule -
Summerians Gilgameh
Gilgamesh was the fifth king of the Sumerian city of Uruk. He became known as a demigod with superhuman strength in later legends and tales such as the Epic of Gilgamesh.
