Chronologie de Babylonian

3800 av. J.-C. – 500 av. J.-C. · 3 sites

Babylonian history stacks on Sumerian cities: Old Babylonian law and letters, then a Neo-Babylonian imperial revival under Nebuchadnezzar II. The archaeology is temples, processional streets, and archives — not only the later legend of hanging gardens.

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Earliest Known Site in Iraq

Babylon

1894 av. J.-C. – 539 av. J.-C.

Capital of ancient Babylonia, Babylon flourished under Hammurabi and Nebuchadnezzar II, famed for its Hanging Gardens and Ishtar Gate, before falling to Persia in 539 BCE.

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Bronze AgeIron Age

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Longest Continuously Occupied Site in Iraq

Ur

3800 av. J.-C. – 500 av. J.-C.

Ur, a major Sumerian city-state in southern Mesopotamia, flourished from 3800 BCE to 500 BCE, renowned for its massive ziggurat, opulent royal tombs, and as the traditional birthplace of Abraham.

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ChalcolithicBronze AgeIron Age

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Nineveh

705 av. J.-C. – 612 av. J.-C.

The greatest city of the Neo-Assyrian Empire — Sennacherib's "city without rival" on the Tigris across from modern Mosul, with 80 kilometres of walls enclosing palaces, hanging gardens, and the world's first great library: 30,000 clay tablets assembled by Ashurbanipal recording the full scope of Mesopotamian knowledge.

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Iron Age

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