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Akkadian Empire Timeline Game

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About This Challenge

The Akkadian Empire was one of the earliest known empires in history, known for its advancements in language and governance. To explore the rise and fall of this ancient civilization, we present a timeline game that challenges players to place events in their correct chronological order.

  • Key detail 1: Players will learn about important events such as the founding of the Akkadian Empire by Sargon the Great.
  • Key detail 2: The game will also cover the expansion of the empire under Sargon’s successors and the eventual collapse due to internal strife.
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  • 2334 BC: Sargon of Akkad establishes the Akkadian Empire
  • 2334-2279 BC: Akkadian conquest of Sumer
  • 2254-2218 BC: Akkadian Empire reaches its height under Naram-Sin
  • 2218-2193 BC: Naram-Sin's defeat at the hands of the Gutians
  • 2193-2143 BC: Gutian rule over Akkad
  • 2112-2004 BC: Ur III Dynasty overthrows the Gutians
  • 2000 BC: Akkadian language falls out of use
  • 1595 BC: Hittite invasion of Babylon
  • 1595-1155 BC: Kassites conquer Babylon
  • 1158 BC: Elamite invasion of Babylon
  • 911-609 BC: Assyrian Empire rises to power
  • 626 BC: Neo-Babylonian Empire established under Nabopolassar
  • 539 BC: Babylonian Empire falls to Persian Empire
  • 331 BC: Alexander the Great conquers Babylon
  • 312 BC: Seleucid Empire takes control of Babylon
  • 141 BC: Parthian Empire takes control of Babylon
  • 226 AD: Sassanid Empire conquers Babylon
  • 640 AD: Muslim conquest of Babylon
  • 8th-9th centuries AD: Babylon becomes a center of Islamic scholarship
  • 1258 AD: Mongol invasion of Babylon

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