4000 B.C. The Sumerians take possession of
the land between the Tigris and
the Euphrates.
2200 B.C. Hammurapi, King of Babylon, gives
his people a famous code of law.
1900 B.C. Beginning of the Assyrian State,
with Nineveh as its capital.
950-650 B.C. Assyria becomes the master of
western Asia.
700 B.C. Sargon, the ruler of the Assyrians,
conquers Palestine, Egypt and Arabia.
640 B.C. The Medes revolt against the
Assyrian rule.
530 B.C. The Scythians attack Assyria.
There are revolutions all over
the Kingdom.
608 B.C. Nineveh is destroyed. Assyria
disappears from the map.
608-538 B.C. The Chaldeans reestablish the
Babylonian Kingdom.
604-561 B.C. Nebuchadnezzar destroys Jerusalem,
takes Phoenicia and makes
Babylon the center of civilization.