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Mesopotamia

Published on Nov 23, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Mesopotamia

Sid & Steven

3500 BC

  • Cities grow across Mesopotamia
  • Colonization
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3200 BC

  • First signs of cave drawings

3000 BC

  • The language of Sumerian is created
Photo by Hovic

2800 BC

  • Legendary rulers pop up
  • Gilgamesh

2400 BC

  • Cuneiform becomes more popular of a language

2300 BC

  • Sumerian Cities united by King Sargon
Photo by italianjob17

2200 BC

  • Agade Empire expands and declines
Photo by VinothChandar

2100 BC

  • Ur becomes capital of new empire

2000 BC

  • Ur is destroyed by Elamites

1900 BC

  • Akkadian becomes the most spoken language
Photo by revcorwin

1000 BC

  • Assyrians begin reconquest of Mesopotamia
Photo by jasonpearce

900 BC

  • King Ashurnasirpal II builds Nimrud
Photo by mharrsch

700 BC

  • Egypt conquered by Assyria
Photo by snigl3t

600 BC

  • Assyria destroyed by Chaldeans 

400 BC

  • Alexander the Great defeats the Persians
Photo by Mite Kuzevski

300 BC

  • Seleucid empire is established
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200 BC

  • Parthian empire established
Photo by mharrsch

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  • Last cuneiform tablet in existence is made

200 AD

  • Sasanian empire established
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600 ad

  • Islamic Conquest
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1200 ad

  • Baghdad destroyed by Mongols
Photo by JULIAN MASON

1500 ad

  • Ottoman empire established

1800 ad

  • First excavations in Mesopotamia
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1900 ad

  • Iraq and Syria are founded