Subscribe to our newsletter. Near East Index also see Near East Maps 5000-1595 BC Sumerian Timeline Early Sumer, through Gilgamesh and Hammurabi, up until the Hittite raids on Sumer and Akkad. The Kings of Sumer and Akkad From Dubsar the old Sumerian Scribe's site, a chronology of the kings of Sumer and Akkad with bibliography. The Babylonians About a quarter of the way down the page is a timeline from c. 9000 - 539 BC when the Persians captured Babylon.
Site also contains a map as well as a lengthy article.
Timetable extends to 16th C. Chronology Of Ancient Mesopotamian History 4500 years in Mesopotamian history in broad outline. Chronology of Civilizations in Syria Useful for keeping track of the order of civilizations, e.g., Sumerians before Akkadians, and Babylonians before Canaanites. From 9,000 - 1 BC, dates and the corresponding development, from domestication of cattle to the reforms of Augustus. Continues with 1-499 AD . Timeline shows Sumeria, Babylon, Persia, and Assyria.