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Amorite kings at Babylon | ||||
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Hittites raid Babylon | ![]() |
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Kassite kings control Babylonia | ![]() |
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Amarna letters | ![]() |
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Assyrian king Tukulti-Ninurta conquers Babylonia | ||||
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Elamites attack Babylon | ||||
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Many cities and tribes fight
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Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III captures Babylonia | ![]() |
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Assyrian king Sennacherib destroys Babylon | ![]() |
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Neo-Babylonian dynasty
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Babylonia becomes part of the Persian empire | ![]() |
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Alexander the Great defeats the Persians | ![]() |
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Seleucid empire established | ||||
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Parthian empire established | ![]() |
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Sasanian empire established | ![]() |
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Islamic conquest | ||||
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Abbasid
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Baghdad destroyed by Mongols | ||||
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Ottoman empire established | ![]() |
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Country of Iraq founded | ||||
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