Famous People and Places of Mesopotamia

Sargon

• established a written code of laws

• He built the famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon

• founded the world's first empire, the Akkadian Empire.

• He built a massive library in the capital city of Nineveh that contained over 30,000 clay tablets

• Epic hero who ruled over Uruk

Ashurbanipal

• established a written code of laws

• He built the famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon

• founded the world's first empire, the Akkadian Empire.

• He built a massive library in the capital city of Nineveh that contained over 30,000 clay tablets

• Epic hero who ruled over Uruk

Hammurabi

• established a written code of laws

• He built the famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon

• founded the world's first empire, the Akkadian Empire.

• He built a massive library in the capital city of Nineveh that contained over 30,000 clay tablets

• Epic hero who ruled over Uruk

Gilgamesh

• established a written code of laws

• He built the famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon

• founded the world's first empire, the Akkadian Empire.

• He built a massive library in the capital city of Nineveh that contained over 30,000 clay tablets

• Epic hero who ruled over Uruk

Nebuchadnezzar II

• established a written code of laws

• He built the famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon

• founded the world's first empire, the Akkadian Empire.

• He built a massive library in the capital city of Nineveh that contained over 30,000 clay tablets

• Epic hero who ruled over Uruk

Babylon

• home to the largest ancient library

• recognized as the religious center of the Assyrian Empire

• the most beautiful ancient city and home to the famous garden

• the center of the world's first empire

• one of the first major cities - it grew large due to its farming and irrigation

Uruk

• home to the largest ancient library

• recognized as the religious center of the Assyrian Empire

• the most beautiful ancient city and home to the famous garden

• the center of the world's first empire

• one of the first major cities - it grew large due to its farming and irrigation

Ninevah

• home to the largest ancient library

• recognized as the religious center of the Assyrian Empire

• the most beautiful ancient city and home to the famous garden

• the center of the world's first empire

• one of the first major cities - it grew large due to its farming and irrigation

Assur

• home to the largest ancient library

• recognized as the religious center of the Assyrian Empire

• the most beautiful ancient city and home to the famous garden

• the center of the world's first empire

• one of the first major cities - it grew large due to its farming and irrigation

Akkad

• home to the largest ancient library

• recognized as the religious center of the Assyrian Empire

• the most beautiful ancient city and home to the famous garden

• the center of the world's first empire

• one of the first major cities - it grew large due to its farming and irrigation