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After the Sumerians, the land of Mesopotamia was controlled by several groups of people at different times.
The Babylonians united the land under King Hammurabi about 1800 B.C. and contolled it for nearly 200 years to create the Babylonian
Empire. A thousand years after Hammurabi, the Assyrians conqured the land through force to create The Assyrian Empire
which lasted from around 900 B.C. until 612 B.C. At that point, the Chaldeans under King Nebuchadnezzar controlled
all of Mesopotamia from 605 B.C. - 562 B.C. until they were defeated by the Persian Empire.
Click here for Babylon and Assyria Power Point Notes
Click here for Babylon, Assyrian, and Chaldean assignments
Useful Links
1) The best site out there for stories and exciting interaction with ancient Babylon and Assyria!
2) Learn all about King Hammurabi and his law code!
3) Write your name like a Babylonian!
4) Read the entire text of the Code of Hammurabi!
5) Learn all about the Hanging Gardens of Babylon and the other Seven Wonders of the Ancient World on these
two websites!
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