Mesopotamia

Thousands of years of History

Mesopotamia is apart of the holy land Tigris and the Euphrates rivers they join together in the shatt Al Arab near Kurna grows ancient tree called Adam and Eve's tree.

The earliest traces of human presence in Mesopotamia date from the old stone age (25,000-5000 BC) most preeious assets –Ideas, art technologies , writing and mathematics began finding their way from Mesopotamia to Europe and to the rest of the world.

Many great civilization have prospered and Ultimately turned to dust in Mesopotamia.

1)Sumer(4500BC-2340 BC)

This civilization began in the south of Mesopotamia under went enormous changes for example Agricultural Knowledge, irrigation and
Building techniques so they built dozen city state
(Eridu,Ur, Urak,Lagash,Larsa and others)

2)Akkad (2340BC about 2000 Bc)

Sargon I their powerful monarch built an empire that stretched from Taurus mountains from Anatolia in the north and the Mediterranean to the west.

3) The Babylonians (1760 BC – 1595BC)

Babylon became an important city under the rule of Hammurabi (1792-1750 BC)
The capital became the economic and religious center of empire.He left behind a highly elaborate lode of laws

4) The Assyrians (1830BC then 827-612 BC)

for 3,000 year northern Iraq had been occupied by the Assyrian a Semitic people.
Nineveh was the capital of Assyria in the 612BC

5) The Neo Babylonian Empire (792-595 BC)

Nebuchadnezzar 11(605-562 BC) was able to create anew empire that restored the glory of ancient Babylon.

I hope you all liked my last topic in this course
For more information (Book)
Iraq an ILLSTRATED HISTORY and GUIDE
By Gilles Munter
Translated by David Stryker

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