Sumer Timeline Early Sumer, through Gilgamesh and Hammurabi, up until the Hittite raids on Sumer and Akkad.
The Kings of Sumer and Akkad From Dubsar the old Sumerian Scribe's site, a chronology of the kings of Sumer and Akkad with bibliography.
Sumerian Deities The gods and goddesses of ancient Sumer.
Cuneiform The earliest writing in Mesopotamia was a picture writing invented by the Sumerians who wrote on clay tablets using long reeds.
Sargon II Founder of the last Assyrian dynasty, Sargon II dispersed the Jews so widely they became the lost tribes of Israel.
Akkad Ancient region of Mesopotamia, occupying the northern part of later Babylonia.
HITTITES Their empire extended from Mesopotamia to Syria and Palestine, dominating the area from1600 to 1200 BC. Timeline shows Sumeria, Babylon, Persia, and Assyria.
Hittite Deities The gods and goddesses of the Hittites.
Ashurbanipal Ashurbanipal was an important figure for the modern student of library science because he initiated and participated in the formation of the earliest known library in the world.
The Babylonians About a quarter of the way down the page is a timeline from c. 9000 - 539 BC when the Persians captured Babylon. Site also contains a map as well as a lengthy article.
The Chaldeans After the fall of Assyrian power in Mesopotamia, the last great group of Semitic peoples dominated the area. Suffering mightily under the Assyrians, the city of Babylon finally rose up against its hated enemy, the city of Nineveh, the capital of the Assyrian empire, and burned it to the ground. The chief of the Babylonians was Nabopolassar; the Semites living in the northern part of Mesopotamia would never gain their independence again.
Chaldea Learn more about the Chaldeans and their great king, Nebuchadnezzar.
