What the 4 empires are
After the Sumerian city-states, 4 empires ruled Mesopotamia, 1 after another.
Empire: many lands and peoples under 1 ruler. BCE: years before year 1. BCE years count down, so 2300 BCE comes before 600 BCE.
Watch the empires grow and shrink
City-state: 1 city and the farmland around it, with its own government. Chaldean Empire: also called the New Babylonian Empire.
Try it
Put the empires in order, then match the facts
- Click the 4 empires in time order, first to last.
- Click a fact.
- Click the empire that matches the fact.
Part 1: Which empire comes first?
Quick check
Answer 5 questions. You see your score at the end.