The chronological sequence of Mesopotamian civilizations and their remarkable achievements.

1. MESOPOTAMIAN TIMELINE

2. WHAT WERE THE
MESOPOTAMIAN
CIVILIZATIONS?

3. NATUFIAN 9000-6500 B.C.E.
Built houses
Domesticated
Wolves.

4. HASSUNA CULTURE 6500-6000B.C.E.
Created metal
from rocks: first
to smelt copper
and lead.

5. SAMARRAN CULTURE 6000-5500 B.C.E
Created
irrigation
systems.

6. HALAFIAN CULTURE 6000-5400 B.C.E.
• Chiefs controlled trade

7. UBAID CULTURE 5900-4300
B.C.E.
Improved
irrigation
systems.

8. SUMER 4300-2334B.C.E
Religion
became
more
important.
First
occurance of
writing, called:
cuneiform.

9. EMPIRE OF AKKAD 2334-
2112 B.C.E.
First known empire.

10. UR 2112-2004 B.C.E
Established regional
governors to help the main
ruler.

11. ASSYRIAN EMPIRE 1813-
1781 B.C.E.
Expanded through
warfare.

12. BABYLONIAN EMPIRE 1792-1595
Leader, Hammurabi
created the first written
code of law, called,
“Hammurabi’s Code.”

13. KINGDOMOF MITANNI 1550-1328 B.C.E.
Used the horse to
conquer enemies.

14. THE HITTITES 1595-1205
B.C.E.
Used the three man
chariot to defeat all
enemies. Dominated
the region all the way
to Africa.

15. SECOND ASSYRIANEMPIRE 1363-1000 B.C.E.
Conquered the remaining
Mitanni Kingdom, but was not
strong.

16. NEO ASSYRIAN EMPIRE 911-627 B.C.E.
Reclaimed
land lost to
The Second
Assyrian
Empire.

17. NEO BABYLONIAN EMPIRE 627-539 B.C.E.
Ruler, Nebuchadnezzar rebuilt
Babylon into one of the most
important cities of the Ancient
World, creating the hanging
gardens of Babylon.

18. CYRUS THE GREAT OF PERSIA
CAPTURES BABYLON 539 B.C.E.
The Persian Empire’s
conquest effectively
ended
Mesopotamian
civilizations.

19. The
End