Overview of Western Civilization • Mesopotamia (3000-1000 BCE) Sumerians/Akkadians (3000-2000 BCE) Old Babylonians (2000-1000 BCE) Assyrians (1000-612 BCE) New Babylonians (612 -540 BCE) Persians (540-330 BCE) • Greece (1200-200 BCE) Pre-Classical Age (1200-500 BCE) Classical Age (500-400 BCE) Post-Classical Age (400-200 BCE) • Rome (200 BCE – 476 CE) Overview of Western Civilization Mesopotamia (3000-1000 BCE) Sumerians (3000-2000 BCE) Akkadians (2300-2100 BCE) Old Babylonians (2000-1000 BCE) Assyrians (1000-612 BCE) New Babylonians (612 -540 BCE) Persians (540-330 BCE) The Tigris and Euphrates Rivers Overview of Western Civilization Mesopotamia (3000-1000 BCE) Sumerians (3000-2000 BCE) Akkadians (2300-2100 BCE) Old Babylonians (2000-1000 BCE) Assyrians (1000-612 BCE) New Babylonians (612 -540 BCE) Persians (540-330 BCE) S U M E R The Sumerians Cuneiform tablets