Mesopotamian Roots

Mediterranean Period

Medieval

Early Modern

Late Modern

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3500-1900 BC: Sumer 2370-2205 BC: Sargon of Akkad 2125-2027 BC: Third Dynasty of Ur 1792-1750 BC: Hammurabi of Babylon. 1100-600 BC: Era of the Small States 1950 BC- AD 70: Ancient Israel 1100-612 BC: Assyrian Empire 612-539 BC: Neo-Babylonian or Chaldean Empire 559- 323 BC: Persia

Resources Primary Sources The Code of Hammurabi Babylonian Creation Myth Secondary Sources

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