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8000 BCE
the beginning
the beginig of the neolithic people was about 8000B.C. and ended in 4000B.C. -
8000 BCE
the growth of villages
People who farmed could settle in one place. They began to live in villages when animals began to attack their crops. -
8000 BCE
Jericho
The earliest known communities have been found in the middle east. one of the oldest is Jericho. -
6250 BCE
Catal Huyuk
another well-known city is Catal Huyuk. Which was home to about 6,000. between 6,700 B.C. and about 5,700 B.C. -
4000 BCE
The benefits of a settled life
The switch to farming provided greater security and steadier food source. meaning healthier people and a bigger population. With that, there were more workers and more food than they could eat so it let people focus on other things. -
3000 BCE
the rise of sumer
In 3000 B.C. many cities formed in southern Mesopotamia in a reagion known as sumer. -
2340 BCE
sargon and hammurabi
In about 2340 B.C. Sargon conquered all of Mesopotamia. He set um the worldes first empire. -
1792 BCE
babylon
in 1792B.C the Babylonian king began conquering cities to the north and south and created the babylonian empire -
900 BCE
The Assyrians
About 1000 years after Hammurabi people called the Assyrians who lived in the north had fertile valleys that attracted outside invaders. to defend the land the Assyrian built a large army around 900 B.C. they began taking over the rest of mesopotamia. -
650 BCE
a well-organized government
In about 650 B.C. Assyrian kings had to be strong to rule their large empire. their empire stretched from the Persian gulf to the Nile river. -
Period: 605 BCE to 562 BCE
the chaldeans
The Chaldeans wanted to build an empiar. I lad by king Nebuchadnezzar they controlled all of Mesopotamia from 605B.C to 562B.C -
539 BCE
why did the empire fall
In 539B.C. persians from the mountains to the northeast captured babylon.
