By: Park Myers

Ancient Mesopotamia

Sumerian Empire

The Sumerians created the first bureaucracy

Sumerian became the first written language

They wrote on wet clay that dried into a stone tablet

Sumerians made a measurement called iku

Akkadian Empire

Sargon built the world’s first empire Sargon took over his own ruler then

conquered others Sargon ruled the Empire for over 56 years After Sargon died his empire lasted over

200 years

Babylonian Empire

The kings of Babylonia created a taxation system

Hammurabi put together a set of laws for Babylonia that later became known as the Hammurabi Code

The code of Hammurabi consisted of 282 laws

The laws covered matters such as private property and military service

Hittites and Kassites

Hittites invented Chariots Hittites stole the riches of Babylon and

then left Kassites conquered Babylon Kassites ruled Babylon from 1595 B.C to

1000 B.C.

Assyrian Empire

The Assyrians created battering rams The Assyrians learned to drive chariots

from the Hittites Sennacherib was their ruler The Assyrians created the world’s first

paved road

Neo Babylonian Empire

Nebuchadnezzar was one of the best new rulers

He built a major palace, several temples, and a Ziggurat

He also built a garden which came to be called The Hanging Gardens

Nebuchadnezzar’s son Nabonidus did not last long on the throne; he was forced to surrender his land to Persia

Summary

I’ve learned a lot about how there were different rulers for Mesopotamia and how each ruler built different things.