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
612539
You
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.
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