Great Cities of Mesopotamia

The center of the Babylonian Empire located in central Mesopotamia

• Babylon

• Akkad

• Persepolis

• Assur

A library was built here that housed over 20,000 clay tablets

• Nimrud

• Babylon

• Nineveh

• Akkad

Home to one of the largest palaces with 200 rooms over 12 acres

• Persepolis

• Akkad

• Assur

• Nimrud

One of the first major cities located along the banks of the Euphrates River

• Babylon

• Uruk

• Akkad

• Nineveh

King Hammurabi lived in this Mesopotamian city

• Nimrud

• Nineveh

• Persepolis

• Babylon

One of this city's most famous kings was Gilgamesh

• Uruk

• Assur

• Akkad

• Persepolis

Known for its fabled Hanging Gardens, one the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

• Babylon

• Nimrud

• Assur

• Uruk

Greatest city of the Assyrian Empire that become the largest city in the world

• Persepolis

• Assur

• Akkad

• Nineveh

Archaeologists have not been able to locate this city, but think it was likely east of the Tigris River

• Akkad

• Assur

• Uruk

• Babylon

Featured in the Biblical story, Jonah and the Whale

• Akkad

• Babylon

• Nineveh

• Nimrud