Assyria time line
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3500B.C. Cities growing across Mesopotamia
3400B.C.
3300B.C.
3200B.C.
3100B.C.
3000B.C.
2900B.C.
2800B.C.
2700B.C.
2600B.C.
2500B.C. Temple of Ishtar
at Ashur 
2400B.C.
2300B.C.
2200B.C.
2100B.C.
2000B.C. Assyrians dominate trade with Anatolia
1900B.C. Ashur ruled by King Shamshi-Adad
1800B.C. Hammurabi controls Ashur
1700B.C.
1600B.C.
1500B.C. Assyria controlled by Mitannian Empire
1400B.C.
1300B.C. Middle Assyrian empire established
1200B.C.
1100B.C. Aramaean tribes weaken Assyria
1000B.C.
900B.C. Assyrian kings reconquer north Mesopotamia
A new capital built at Nimrud 
800B.C. Assyrians capture Damascus
Assyrian king  Tiglath-pileser III  captures Babylonia
700B.C. King Sennacherib has Nineveh rebuilt
 Egypt conquered by Assyria
600B.C. Assyrian cities destroyed by Medes
and Babylonians 
500B.C. Persian empire
400B.C. Alexander the Great defeats the Persians
300B.C. Seleucid empire established
200B.C. Parthian empire established
100B.C.
0A.D.
100A.D.
200A.D. Sasanian empire established
300A.D.
400A.D.
500A.D.
600A.D. Islamic conquest
700A.D.
800A.D.
900A.D.
1000A.D. Seljuk Turks conquer region
1100A.D.
1200A.D.
1300A.D.
1400A.D.
1500A.D. Ottoman empire established
1600A.D.
1700A.D.
1800A.D. Assyrian capitals excavated by Henry Layard
1900A.D. countries of Iraq
and Syria founded
2000A.D.