The Ancient Middle East: Every Year

This video shows the history of the Middle East from the rise of the city-states in 2500 BCE to the fall of Egypt to Persia in 525 BCE. This covers such events as the conquests of Sargon of Akkad, Ur-Namu of Ur, and Hamurabi of Babylon, as well as the various Assyrian and Egyptian kingdoms, and other great powers, including the Hittites, Hurrian-Mitanni, and Israel. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Map: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Isin city-state 2. Borsippa city-state 3. Dilbat city-state 4. Nippur city-state 5. Larsa city-state 6. Nina-Urukag 7. Akkad city-state 8. Naftali 9. Zebulun 10. Isaschar 11. Ephraim/Benjam