The History of Babylon masthead Timeline of Babylonia

Timeline

  • 1894 BC--Sumuabum makes Babylon his capital
    1764 BC--Hammurabi of Babylon conquers Elam
  • 1763 BC--Hammurabi founds Babylonia
  • 1760 BC--Hammurabi conquers Ashur ending the first Assyrian empire
  • 1758 BC--Code of Hammurabi, this is a set of the first recorded laws
  • 1752 BC--Kutur-Nahhunte of Elam conquers southern Babylonia
  • 1400 BC--Kurigalzu I of Babylonia conquers Elam
  • 1350 BC--Elam regains independence from Babylonia under King Igi-Halki
  • 1600 BC--Hittites, under King Mursilis I, sack Babylon
  • 1595 BC--Kassite dynasty established in Babylon
  • 1240 BC--Assyrians sack Babylon
  • 1200 BC--Gilgamesh Epic
  • 1168 BC--Shutruk-Nahhunte of Elam invades Babylon and places his son on the throne
  • 1155 BC--Assyria and Elam attack Babylonia ending Kassite rule
  • 1125--1104 BC--Nebuchadnezzar I, king of Babylonia
  • 1120 BC--Nebuchadnezzar I of Babylon invades and conquers Elam
  • 721-703 BC--Chaldaeans enter Babylonia and compete for the Babylonian throne
    689 BC--King Sennacherib of Assyria destroys Babylon
    681 BC--Sennacherib is killed by his sons
    681 BC--Esarhaddon rebuilds Babylon
    652-648 BC--Babylonians rebel against their Assyrian rulers
  • 625-605 BC--Nabopolassar, a Chaldaean king, gains control of the Babylonian throne and begins the fight against the Assyrians
  • 612 BC--Medes ally with Babylonia to conquer Assyria
    604 BC--Building of Ishtar Gate
  • 586 BC--Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia conquers Phoenicia
  • 581 BC--Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia burns Jerusalem
  • Nebuchadnezzar II builds the Hanging Gardens
  • 562 BC--Nebuchadnezzar II dies
  • 539 BC--Cyrus the Great of Persia conquers Babylonia absorbing Babylon into the Persian empire
    522 BC--People rebel against Persian rule
  • 332 BC--Alexander the Great takes Babylon and begins rebuilding the city