Fertile Crescent Timeline

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• 9000 BCE

  Wild sheep flocks are managed in the Zagros mountains.
• 9000 BCE

  Cultivation of wild cereals in the Fertile Crescent.
• 7700 BCE

  First domesticated wheats in the Fertile Crescent.
• c. 6500 BCE

  Cultivation of peas in the Eastern Mediterranean.
• 4300 BCE

  The rise of the cities by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
• 3500 BCE

  Image of the breed of dog, the Saluki, appears on ceramics as household pet.
• 2334 BCE - 2279 BCE

  Sargon of Akkad (the Great) reigns over Mesopotamia and thus creates the world's first empire.
• c. 2300 BCE

  Wide spread production and use of soap.
• c. 2000 BCE

  Babylon controls Fertile Crescent.
• 2000 BCE

  Domesticated horses introduced in Mesopotamia.
• 1984 BCE

  Amorite dynasty established in Babylon.
• c. 1900 BCE - c. 1400 BCE

  Trade flourishes between Mesopotamia and other regions.
• 1900 BCE

  Ashur, capial of Assyria, is founded.
• 1795 BCE - 1750 BCE

  Reign of Hammurabi, king of Babylon.
• 1787 BCE

  Hammurabi of Babylon conquers Uruk and Isin.
• c. 1772 BCE

  The Code of Hammurabi: One of the earliest codes of law in the world.
• c. 1760 BCE - c. 1757 BCE

  Hammurabi of Babylon destroys the city of Mari. The people of Mari are spared according to Hammurabi.
• 1680 BCE

  Hurrians occupy Assyria.
• 1595 BCE

  King Mursilis of the Hittites sacks Babylon. Begin of Babylonian "dark ages."
• 1550 BCE

  Kingdom of Mittani is founded.
• 1500 BCE

  Egyptian empire extends to the Euphrates.
• 1472 BCE

  Mittani annexes Assyria.
• 1400 BCE

  Assyria regains its independence.
• 1350 BCE - 1250 BCE

  The Hittite empire is at its peak.
• c. 1321 BCE

  Western Mittani is conquered by the Hittites.
• 1285 BCE

  Peak of Hittite power.
• 1220 BCE

  Babylon is under Assyrian control.
• 1200 BCE

  Phrygians invade Anatolia and destroy the Hittite empire.
• 1080 BCE

  Aramaeans invade Mesopotamia.
• 1000 BCE

  Chaldeans occupy Ur.
• 853 BCE

  Babylonian kings depend on Assyrian military support.
• 734 BCE

  Babylon is captured by Chaldeans.
• 729 BCE

  Babylon is occupied by Assyrians.
• 722 BCE - 705 BCE

  Peak of the Assyrian empire under the reign of Sargon II.
• c. 600 BCE

  Assyrians control the Fertile Crescent.
• c. 539 BCE

  Cyrus the Great conquers Babylon; the Fertile Crescent is controlled by the Achaemenid Empire (The First Persian Empire).
• 334 BCE

  Alexander the Great invades and conquers the Fertile Crescent.
• 116 CE

  Invasion and annexation of the Fertile Crescent region by Rome under Trajan.