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24th century BCE

  1. c. 2334 BCE★★★★★

    Sargon founds the Akkadian Empire

    Sargon of Akkad conquers the Sumerian city-states, creating the first known multi-ethnic empire in Mesopotamia.

    PoliticsWar· Iraq

18th century BCE

  1. c. 1754 BCE★★★★★

    Code of Hammurabi

    King Hammurabi of Babylon issues one of the oldest and most complete written legal codes known.

    Politics· Iraq

6th century BCE

  1. 539 BCE★★★★★

    Fall of Babylon to Persia

    Cyrus the Great takes Babylon, ending the Neo-Babylonian Empire; he later allows exiled Judeans to return to Judah.

    WarPolitics· Iraq

4th century BCE

  1. 323 BCE★★★★★

    Death of Alexander the Great

    Alexander the Great dies in Babylon aged 32, leaving an empire stretching from Greece to India.

    DeathPolitics· Iraq, Greece

8th century

  1. 762★★★★★

    Founding of Baghdad

    Caliph al-Mansur builds the 'Round City' of Baghdad as the Abbasid capital; it soon becomes one of the world's largest cities.

    PoliticsCulture· Iraq

20th century

  1. May 16, 1916★★★★★

    Sykes–Picot Agreement

    Britain and France secretly agree to divide the Ottoman Empire's Arab lands into post-war spheres of influence.

    TreatyPolitics· Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, Palestine

21st century

  1. June 29, 2014★★★★★

    ISIS proclaims a caliphate

    The Islamic State group proclaims a 'caliphate' over territory seized in Iraq and Syria; it loses nearly all of it by 2017–2019.

    WarPolitics· Iraq, Syria
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