Fertile Crescent Timeline

Wild sheep flocks are managed in the Zagros mountains.

Cultivation of wild cereals in the Fertile Crescent.

First domesticated wheats in the Fertile Crescent.

Cultivation of peas in the Eastern Mediterranean.

The rise of the cities by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.

Image of the breed of dog, the Saluki, appears on ceramics as household pet.

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

Wide spread production and use of soap.

Domesticated horses introduced in Mesopotamia.

Babylon controls Fertile Crescent.

Ashur, capial of Assyria, is founded.

Trade flourishes between Mesopotamia and other regions.

Amorite dynasty established in Babylon.

Reign of Hammurabi, king of Babylon.

Hammurabi of Babylon conquers Uruk and Isin.

The Code of Hammurabi: One of the earliest codes of law in the world.

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

Hurrians occupy Assyria.

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

The Hurrian kingdom of Mitanni is founded.

Egyptian empire extends to the Euphrates.

Mittani annexes Assyria.

Assyria regains its independence.

The Hittite Empire is at its peak.

Western Mittani is conquered by the Hittites.

Peak of Hittite power.

Babylon is under Assyrian control.

Phrygians invade Anatolia and destroy the Hittite Empire.

Aramaeans invade Mesopotamia.

Chaldeans occupy Ur.

Babylonian kings depend on Assyrian military support.

Babylon is captured by Chaldeans.

Babylon is occupied by Assyrians.

Peak of the Assyrian empire under the reign of Sargon II.

Assyrians control the Fertile Crescent.

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

Alexander the Great invades and conquers the Fertile Crescent.

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