4500BC
Settlements appeared in Mesopotamia
2750-2650BC Etana, first Sumerian king,
founded a dynasty at Kish
2600BC
Gilgamesh of Ururk overthrows Menbarragesi of Kish
2500BC
Series of border disputes between the cities of
Lagash and Umma
2334BC
Sargon of Akkade unites Sumeria under his rule.
2200BC
Barbarians known as Gutians invade and conquer
Mesopotamia
2130BC
Utuhegal of Uruk drives out the Gutians by defeating
their King Tirgiran
2028-2004BC Ibbi-Suen of Ur campaigns
against the Elamites, only to by defeated. Ur is destroyed by the
Elamites.
1720BC
Hammurabi of Babylon defeats city of Larsa to
take over Sumeria
