2003 "Timechart of Military History" Chartwell Books Inc., New Jersey, Initial publication in 1999 by The Timechart Company
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CHRONOLOGY 
WARS AND BATTLES OF HISTORY 



### Start point
> Mesopotamia 
c. 3000 
c By beginning of 3rd 
Millennium a dozen city 
states including Kish, 
Erech, Ur, Lagash 
compete for domination 
c. 2900
2800 Kish unites city states 
of Sumer 
2600 Uruk overthrows Kish 
2300-2200 Akkad. Sargon I, 
the first great conqueror 
of history, conquers 
Mesopotamia, Syria, part 
of Asia Minor. 
2270-2230 Naram-Sin 
renews Akkadian vigour. 
Late third millennium 
Hurrians infiltrate 
northern Mesopotamia 
and Syria from the north 
2150-2050 Guti from Iran 
destroy the Akkadian 
Empire, then are expelled 
by Erech and Uruk 
c. 2000 Expansion of Ur 
c Mid-20th century Ur 
overthrown by Elamites 
and Amorites. Two 
centuries of city-state 
anarchy follow