Transcript Rise of Empires in the Fertile Crescent 539 BC/BCE

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
178 650 612 539
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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.