#ANCIENT CITIES IN MESOPOTAMIA CODE#
The Babylonian king Hammurabi started to ruleġ,772 B.C.E: One of the earliest code of law, The Code of Hammurabi is established. Mesopotamia came under Assyrian rule.ġ,792 B.C.E: Babylon came into power. People depend heavily on domesticated animal to supplement their diet apart from hunter gathering and agricultureĦ,100 B.C.E: Halaf culture started in Southern MesopotamiaĦ,000 B.C.E: The Hassuna culture started in Northern Mesopotamia.ĥ,500 B.C.E: The non-semetic people who speak basic sumerian language start to settle around Sumerĥ400 B.C.E: The City of Eridu is founded.Ĥ,500 B.C.E: Sumerian Build their temples called zigguratsģ,600 B.C.E: The first written language Cuneiform is inventedģ,200 B.C.E: The first wheel was inventedģ,000 BCE – 2.900 BCE The earliest planned city called Mari was built on eastern bank of the Euphrates.Ģ,500 B.C.E: First written account of war.Ģ,500 B.C.E: The first Dynasty of Lagash under King Eannutum create a first empireĢ300 B.C.E: Sargon united the Sumerian cities.Ģ,150 – 1,400 B.C.E: The Epic of Gilgamesh written on clay tablets.Ģ,038 B.C.E: King Shulgi of Ur builds great wall in Sumer.ġ,900 B.C.E: Assyrian came into the power. Humans started living in tiny circular mud brick dwellingsħ,600 B.C.E : Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Started. The agriculture and hunting became primary source of food. Neolithic Peoples started to produced food rather than collecting it for a short term eating purpose.Ĩ,500: B.C.E Pre-Pottery Neolithic A started. Skip to Chapter 8 to know more about the cities of Mesopotamia Timelineġ0,000 B.C.E: Neolithic Revolution. The first civilization, called Sumer was emerged in Mesopotamia. Interesting Facts: By the year 5,000 BC, the people were transiting from the Stone Age to a more civilized world. Ubaid Period existed between 5,300 and 4,300 BCE in the northern Mesopotamia. It was later substituted by the Uruk Period. In The South Mesopotamia, this period existed on the Alluvian plain between 65 BCE. The Ubaid Period existed in both North and South Mesopotamia. The few archaeological data claimed that it existed for a couple of hundreds years, and the pottery style changed over this period. The two sites in the Halaf Ubaid Transitional period are Tape Gawra, excavated in the 1930s and Tell Aqab which remains unpublished. There is a very little Archaeological data about this period. This period is created to fill the gap between Halaf style potteries and Ubaid style pottery in Northern Mesopotamia. Even though the Halaf culture was spread through the Mesopotamia, it was primarily located between the present days southeastern Turkey, Syria, and northern Iraq. Halaf is a prehistoric period of Mesopotamia that was exited between 61 BCE. Gordon Childe in 1993 termed it as a Neolithic Revolution The Neolithic period is further divided into four period. The world started to make a turn towards Agriculture and Animal Husbandry. Neolithic Peoples started to produce food rather than collecting it for a short term eating purpose. Neolithic (New Stone Age) – 10,000 B.C.Eĭuring the Neolithic period, there was a drastic change in the consumption of food. The prehistory of Mesopotamia begins during the Neolithic period, but the writing began with a pictographic script in Uruk IV period (CA. It took enormously long time, from 10,000 BC to 3500 BCE, for the world to bestow its first civilizations.
The evolution of Mesopotamia entirely took place in prehistory. Mesopotamia lied between the Tigris and Euphrates River. Interesting Fact: The name came from the Greek word “between rivers”. The small village and town started to transform in the larger town, and the world first civilization “Mesopotamia” emerged. The early settlers started to gather in a small group forming small village and town. The irrigation and farming were easier because of the fertile land, and the tremendous water supply from two rivers. It was bounded by Zagros Mountains in the northeast and Arabian Plateau in the southeast. Mesopotamian was the world’s earliest civilization between the land of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. Major Highlights: First civilization in the world Originated Location: northeast by the Zagros Mountains, southeast by the Arabian PlateauĬurrent Location: Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey