Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Empires Of Mesopotamia
- 1. Akkadians take over Mesopotamia
- Empire fell because of outside invaders.
- Unstable empire because of rebellious city-states
- Sargon creates the first empire
- 2. Assyrians take over
Mesopotamia
- Led by Shamshi-Adad
- Center of power in Nothern Meopotamia city-state of
Assur
- Powerful military with efficient government and strong
treaties
- 3. Babylonians conquer the Assyrians
- Power centered in the South in Babylon
- Wrote down the 1st set of laws
- Hammurabi was leader
- He had tax collectors, judge and
governer
- 4. New Assyrians take over Meopotamia
- Looted surrounding areas
- Murdered, tortured and enslaved enemies
- Conquered Persian gulf to Egypt: Turkey
- Tiglath-Pilesar III was leader
- 5. Neo-Babylonians become the dominant force in Mesopotamia
- Great traders and conquerers
- Known as both traders and conquerers
- Created hanging gardens
- Nebuchadnezzar
- Started "Babylonian
Captivity"
- Destroyed Solomon's Temple
- 6. Persian Empire expands into Mesopotamia
- Ended "Babylonian Captivity"
- Cyrus the great was welcomed by people
- Persian began in modern Iraq
- City-States start to develop in Sumer
- Lugal-gal takes over rule from priests
- More powerful city-states take over
others
- 1st form of writing