ANCIENT HISTORY Guided Reading

2.2 Babylonia and Assyria

As you read, fill in the table with details about

the rise of Babylonia and Assyria.

Rise of Empires in the Fertile Crescent

1787

B.C./B.C.E.

650 B.C./B.C.E.

612 B.C./B.C.E.

539 B.C./B.C.E.

1. 2. 3. 4.

4000 3000 2000 1000 1 1000 2000

1787650

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B.C. A.D. / B.C.E. / C.E.

Rise of Empires in the Fertile Crescent

1787 B.C./B.C.E.

1. The Babylonian Empire established by Hammurabi.

Rise of Empires in the Fertile Crescent

650 B.C./B.C.E.

2. Assyrian Empire extended from the Nile to the Persian Gulf.

Rise of Empires in the Fertile Crescent

612 B.C./B.C.E.

3. The Medes and Chaldeans destroy Assyrian Empire.

Rise of Empires in the Fertile Crescent

539 B.C./B.C.E.

4. New Babylon Empire falls to Persia.