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3000 BCE
Gold in jewellery manufacture
Sumer civilization in Mesopotamia use gold in jewellery manufacture. -
Period: 3000 BCE to 2350 BCE
Sumerian
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Period: 2350 BCE to 1800 BCE
Akkadian
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2300 BCE
King Sargon
King Sargon of Akkad starts conquering the first empire in world history. The empire reaches its height in c. 2220. -
Period: 1800 BCE to 1350 BCE
Babylonian
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1530 BCE
Babylonia is conquered
Babylonia is conquered by the Kassites, who rule the area for 400+ years. -
Period: 1350 BCE to 539 BCE
Assyrian
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689 BCE
King Sennacherib
King Sennacherib (705-681 BCE) sacks Babylon in 689 BCE. -
Period: 539 BCE to 1 BCE
Persian conquest
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520 BCE
The Nile and the Red sea
Darius of Persia links the Nile and the Red Sea by a canal.
