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(7000-6000 BCE)   Beginning of agriculture in the northern Mesopotamian plains                                     

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(7000-6000 BCE)   Beginning of agriculture in the northern Mesopotamian plains                                     

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(5000 BCE)                              Earliest temples in southern Mesopotamian plants           

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(5000 BCE)                              Earliest temples in southern Mesopotamian plants           

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(3200 BCE)                  First writing in Mesopotamia             

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(3200 BCE)                  First writing in Mesopotamia             

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(3000 BCE)                  Uruk develops into a huge city, increasing use of bronze tools                   

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(3000 BCE)                  Uruk develops into a huge city, increasing use of bronze tools                   

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(2700-2500 BCE)         Early kings, including, possibly, the legendary ruler Gilgamesh            

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(2700-2500 BCE)         Early kings, including, possibly, the legendary ruler Gilgamesh            

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(2600 BCE)       Development of cuneiform script                        

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(2600 BCE)       Development of cuneiform script                        

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(2400 BCE)       Replacement of Sumerian by Akkadian                                         

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(2400 BCE)       Replacement of Sumerian by Akkadian                                         

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(2370 BCE)              Sargon, king of Akkad                   

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(2370 BCE)              Sargon, king of Akkad                   

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(2000 BCE )              Spread of coniform writing in Syria. turkey and Egypt;         Mari and Babylon emerge as important urban Centre           

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(2000 BCE )              Spread of coniform writing in Syria. turkey and Egypt;         Mari and Babylon emerge as important urban Centre           

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(1800 BCE)       Mathematical texts composed                              Sumerian no longer spoken                               

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(1800 BCE)       Mathematical texts composed                              Sumerian no longer spoken                               

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(1100 BCE)       Establishment of the Assyrian kingdom                       

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(1100 BCE)       Establishment of the Assyrian kingdom                       

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(1000 BCE)                   Use of iron     

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(1000 BCE)                   Use of iron     

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(720-610 BCE)         Assyrian empire                 

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(720-610 BCE)         Assyrian empire                 

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(668-627 BCE)               Rule of Assurbanipal    

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(668-627 BCE)               Rule of Assurbanipal    

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(331 BCE)             Alexander conquers Babylon    

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(331 BCE)             Alexander conquers Babylon    

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(1st century CE)      Akkadian and coneiform remain in use        

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(1st century CE)      Akkadian and coneiform remain in use        

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(1850s)            Decipherment of the cuneiform script              

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(1850s)            Decipherment of the cuneiform script              