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Sumerians develop first written script
-3300
Invention, Mesopotamia
Stele of the Vultures celebrates victory of city-state of Lagash over Umma
-2450
Culture, Mesopotamia
Kingdom of Mitanni has its greatest extent
-1400
Government, Mesopotamia
Fall of Hittite Empire--Hattusa captured by Sea Peoples
-1190
War, Mesopotamia
Elamites sack Babylon--end of Kassite Dynasty
-1155
War, Mesopotamia
Tiglath-pileser III sets up a unified state in Assyria
-745
Government, Mesopotamia
Assyrian capital moves to Nineveh
-705
Government, Mesopotamia
Assyrians invade Judea
-701
War, Mesopotamia
Assyrians destroy Babylon
-689
War, Mesopotamia
Nabopolassar founds Neo-Babylonian dynasty
-626
Government, Mesopotamia
Assyrian empire collapses
-612
Government, Mesopotamia
Jerusalem destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar II
-539
War, Mesopotamia