Babylonian Time Line

• Hammurabi of Babylon conquers Elam (1764 B.C.)
• Hammurabi founds Babylonia (c. 1763 B.C )
• Hammurabi of Babylon conquers Ashur ending the first Assyrian empire (c. 1760 B.C.)
• Code of Hammurabi (c. 1758 B.C.)
• Kutur-Nahhunte of Elam conquers southern Babylonia (c. 1752 B.C.)
• Kurigalzu I of Babylonia conquers Elam (c. 1400 B.C.)
• Elam regains independence from Babylonia under King Igi-Halki (c. 1350 B.C.)
• Hittites, under King Mursilis I, sack Babylon (c. 1600 B.C.)
• Kassite dynasty established in Babylon (c. 1595 B.C.)
• Assyrians sack Babylon (c. 1240 B.C.)
• Gilgamesh Epic ( c. 1200 B.C. )
• Shutruk-Nahhunte of Elam invades Babylon and places his son on the throne (c. 1168 B.C.)
• Assyria and Elam attack Babylonia ending Kassite rule (c. 1155 B.C.)
• Nebuchadnezzar I, king of Babylonia (c. 1125 B.C.-1104 B.C.)
• Nebuchadnezzar I of Babylon invades and conquers Elam (c. 1120 B.C.)

• Chaldaeans enter Babylonia and compete for the Babylonian throne (c. 721 - 703 B.C.)

• Assyrians destroy Babylon (689 B.C.)
• Babylonians rebel against their Assyrian rulers (652 - 648 B.C.)
• Chaldaean king, Nabopolassar, secures Babylonian throne (625 - 605 B.C.)
• Medes ally with Babylonia to conquer Assyria (612 B.C.)

• Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia captures Jerusalem (587 B.C.)
• Judah becomes a province of Babylonia (587 B.C.)
• exile of the Jews to Babylon (586 B.C.)
• Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia conquers Phoenicia (586 B.C.)
• Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia burns Jerusalem (581 B.C.)
• Nebuchadnezzar II builds the Hanging Gardens
• Cyrus the Great of Persia conquers Babylonia absorbing Babylon into the Persian empire (539 B.C.)
• Cyrus the Great of Persia frees the captive Jews from Babylonia (539 B.C.)