Temeline of Mesopotamia

By Nuria Mendoza
  • Period: 3000 BCE to

    SUMERIAN

  • Period: 2350 BCE to 1800 BCE

    AKKADIAN

  • Period: 1800 BCE to 1350 BCE

    BABYLONIAN

  • Period: 539 BCE to 1 BCE

    PERSIAN CONQUEST

  • Period: 1 BCE to 539 BCE

    ASSYRIAN

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    Babylonian

    Babylonian
    Babylon was an ancient city of Lower Mesopotamia. It gained its independence after the period of the Renaissance Sumerian, although there are mentions to its existence since as early as Sargon of Akkad. After a long time witnessing the struggles between the regional states of Isín, Larsa and Ešnunna, Babylon was gradually becoming a regional power, first substituting the role that had been Akkad or Kiš for very later becoming Capital of a vast empire.
  • 550

    The empire

    The empire
    The empire was founded by Cyrus the Great. Cyrus first conquered the Median Empire in 550 BC and then went on to conquer the Lydians and the Babylonians. Under later kings, the empire would grow to where it ruled Mesopotamia, Egypt, Israel, and Turkey. Its borders would eventually stretch over 3,000 miles from east to west making it the largest empire on Earth at the time.

  • Empire Akkadian

    Empire Akkadian
    The Akkadian Empire was a great kingdom of Mesopotamia formed from the conquests of Sargon I of Acad. It kept its maximum splendor in the 22nd century. C. (2334 to 2192 BC) in which five monarchs followed: The Sargon himself, his sons Rimush and Manishtushu, his grandson Naram-Sin and his son, Sharri who ruled a total of 141 years.

  • The domain of Sumeria

    The domain of Sumeria
    Towards 2350 A. C., Sargon, a usurper of Akkadian origin, took power in the city of Kiš. It founded a new capital, Agadé and conquered the rest of Sumerian cities, defeating Lugalzagesi, the king of Umma until then dominant. This was the first great empire of history and would be continued by the successors of Sargon, who would have to face constant revolts. Among them stood the grandson of the Conqueror, Naram-Sin. This stage marked the beginning of the decline of the cult

  • Major cities

    Major cities
    The most important city was on the banks of the Tigris, next to the temple of its principal divinity Assur; The city took the name of Assur or El-Assur giving rise to the name of the country: Assyria. Other major cities were Nineveh (destroyed in 612 BC, Harran, Lakha and Dur Sharrukin (currently Jorsabad). Assur became the capital of the empire in the 13th century BC 2