Foraging Peoples

Settled Agriculture

Primary Urbanization

Early Mesopotamian Civilizations

Expansion and Contraction of Mesopotamian Empires

• Era of Smaller Civilizations
• Revival of Mesopotamian Empires

Cosmopolitan Empires

• Persian Empire
• Hellenistic Kingdoms
• Parthian Empire
• Byzantine Empire
• Sassanid Persia

Islamic Empires

Modern Era

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Early Mesopotamian Civilizations

2800 to 1200 BC

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Sumerian and Akkadian Civilizations: 2800 to 1900 BC c. 2800-2340 BC: Beginnings of Sumerian city-statesPrimary 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. ca. 1750 BC: The Code 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: Prologue Legal Procedure Household Slavery Trade Miscellaneous Epilogue Map of Nippur Hittite Inscription Tiglathpileser Secondary Sources

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