Mesopotamia is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent. It corresponds roughly to the territory of modern Iraq. Just beyond it lies southwestern Iran, where the region transitions into the Persian plateau, marking the shift from the Arab world to Iran.
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Sargon of AkkadFounder of Akkadian Empire
HammurabiSixth king of Babylon (r. 1792–1750 BC)
Fall of BabylonConquest of the Neo-Babylonian Empire by the Achaemenid Empire
Neo-Assyrian EmpireAssyrian history (911–609 BCE)
Neo-Babylonian EmpireAncient Mesopotamian empire (626–539 BC)
BabylonAncient Mesopotamian city in Iraq
NinevehAncient Assyrian city
Third Dynasty of UrRoyal dynasty in Mesopotamia
Akkadian EmpireState in Mesopotamia (c. 2334–2154 BC)
