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Mesopotamia

Published on Nov 23, 2015

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Mesopotamia

Sid & Steven
Photo by Jack W. Pearce
2.

3500 BC

  • Cities grow across Mesopotamia
  • Colonization
Photo by ell brown
3.

3200 BC

  • First signs of cave drawings
Photo by james_gordon_losangeles
4.

3000 BC

  • The language of Sumerian is created
Photo by Hovic
5.

2800 BC

  • Legendary rulers pop up
  • Gilgamesh
Photo by دنيال ارث العادل
6.

2400 BC

  • Cuneiform becomes more popular of a language
Photo by listentoreason
7.

2300 BC

  • Sumerian Cities united by King Sargon
Photo by italianjob17
8.

2200 BC

  • Agade Empire expands and declines
Photo by VinothChandar
9.

2100 BC

  • Ur becomes capital of new empire
Photo by permanently scatterbrained
10.

2000 BC

  • Ur is destroyed by Elamites
Photo by Lincolnian (Brian)
11.

1900 BC

  • Akkadian becomes the most spoken language
Photo by revcorwin
12.

1000 BC

  • Assyrians begin reconquest of Mesopotamia
Photo by jasonpearce
13.

900 BC

  • King Ashurnasirpal II builds Nimrud
Photo by mharrsch
14.

700 BC

  • Egypt conquered by Assyria
Photo by snigl3t
15.

600 BC

  • Assyria destroyed by Chaldeans 
Photo by listentoreason
16.

400 BC

  • Alexander the Great defeats the Persians
Photo by Mite Kuzevski
17.

300 BC

  • Seleucid empire is established
Photo by dynamosquito
18.

200 BC

  • Parthian empire established
Photo by mharrsch
19.

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  • Last cuneiform tablet in existence is made
Photo by listentoreason
20.

200 AD

  • Sasanian empire established
Photo by mharrsch
21.

600 ad

  • Islamic Conquest
Photo by marsmet542
22.

1200 ad

  • Baghdad destroyed by Mongols
Photo by JULIAN MASON
23.

1500 ad

  • Ottoman empire established
Photo by Günce Akkoyun
24.

1800 ad

  • First excavations in Mesopotamia
Photo by jonmartin ()
25.

1900 ad

  • Iraq and Syria are founded
Photo by Kurdistan Photo كوردستان

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