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9000 BCECultivation of wild cereals in the Fertile Crescent.
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9000 BCEWild sheep flocks are managed in the Zagros mountains.
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7700 BCEFirst domesticated wheats in the Fertile Crescent.
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c. 6500 BCECultivation of peas in the Eastern Mediterranean.
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4300 BCEThe rise of the cities by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
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3500 BCEImage of the breed of dog, the Saluki, appears on ceramics as household pet.
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2334 BCE - 2279 BCESargon of Akkad (the Great) reigns over Mesopotamia and thus creates the world's first empire.
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c. 2300 BCEWide spread production and use of soap.
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2000 BCEDomesticated horses introduced in Mesopotamia.
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c. 2000 BCEBabylon controls Fertile Crescent.
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1900 BCEAshur, capial of Assyria, is founded.
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c. 1900 BCE - c. 1400 BCETrade flourishes between Mesopotamia and other regions.
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1894 BCEAmorite dynasty established in Babylon.
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1795 BCE - 1750 BCEReign of Hammurabi, king of Babylon.
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1787 BCEHammurabi of Babylon conquers Uruk and Isin.
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c. 1772 BCEThe Code of Hammurabi: One of the earliest codes of law in the world.
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c. 1760 BCE - c. 1757 BCEHammurabi of Babylon destroys the city of Mari. The people of Mari are spared according to Hammurabi.
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1680 BCEHurrians occupy Assyria.
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1595 BCEKing Mursilis of the Hittites sacks Babylon. Begin of Babylonian "dark ages."
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1550 BCEThe Hurrian kingdom of Mitanni is founded.
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1500 BCEEgyptian empire extends to the Euphrates.
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1472 BCEMittani annexes Assyria.
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1400 BCEAssyria regains its independence.
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1350 BCE - 1250 BCEThe Hittite Empire is at its peak.
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c. 1321 BCEWestern Mittani is conquered by the Hittites.
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1285 BCEPeak of Hittite power.
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1220 BCEBabylon is under Assyrian control.
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1200 BCEPhrygians invade Anatolia and destroy the Hittite Empire.
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1080 BCEAramaeans invade Mesopotamia.
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1000 BCEChaldeans occupy Ur.
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853 BCEBabylonian kings depend on Assyrian military support.
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734 BCEBabylon is captured by Chaldeans.
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729 BCEBabylon is occupied by Assyrians.
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722 BCE - 705 BCEPeak of the Assyrian empire under the reign of Sargon II.
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c. 600 BCEAssyrians control the Fertile Crescent.
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c. 539 BCECyrus the Great conquers Babylon; the Fertile Crescent is controlled by the Achaemenid Empire (The First Persian Empire).
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334 BCEAlexander the Great invades and conquers the Fertile Crescent.
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116 CEInvasion and annexation of the Fertile Crescent region by Rome under Trajan.