Early Mesopotamian Civilizations
Expansion and Contraction of Mesopotamian Empires
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Early Mesopotamian Civilizations
2800 to 1200 BC
Sumerian and Akkadian Civilizations: 2800 to 1900 BC
- c. 2800-2340 BC: Beginnings of Sumerian city-states
Primary Urbanization Chronology
- c. 2340 BC: Sargon establishes Akkadian Empire.
- c. 2125-2027 BC: Third Dynasty of Ur.
Babylonian Civilization and Hittite Civilizations: 1900 to 1100 BC
- c. 1900 BC: Amorites in Babylon.
- 1792-1750 BC: Reign of Hammurabi.
- c. 1500 BC: Hittites and Kassites invade Mesopotamia.
- c. 1400-1200 BC: Hittite Empire
c. 1100 BC: Beginning of the Assyrian Empire
Resources
Primary Sources
- Sumerian Prayer
- Umma and Lagash: Inscriptions
- The Babylonian Creation Myth
- The Code of Hammurabi:
- Map of Nippur
- Hittite Inscription
- Tiglathpileser
Secondary Sources
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