Mesopotamia Leaders

This was the King that developed the first written laws. (282)

• Gilgamesh

• Hammurabi

• Sargon the Great

• Nebuchadnezzar

This King created the first Empire.

• King Gilgamesh

• King Ashurbanipal

• King Cyrus the Great

• King Sargon the Great

This leader was an Assyrian King. He built a massive library that contained over 30,000 clay tablets.

• Gilgamesh

• Ashurbanipal

• Nebuchadnezzar

• Cyrus the Great

He was a Babylonian King. He built the famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon.

• Sargon the Great

• Cyrus the Great

• Ashurbanipal

• Nebuchadnezzar

He was a Persian King. He established the Persian Empire when he conquered Babylonia.

• Cyrus the Great

• Sargon the Great

• Hammurabi

• Gilgamesh

He was a Sumerian King. He is known as a demigod with superhuman strength. (Epic Poem)

• Hammurabi

• Gilgamesh

• Ashurbanipal

• Nebuchadnezzar