• Mesopotamia 1500 BC

Over the past thousand years, kingdoms and empires have come and gone in Mesopotamia, and outsiders have raided and settled. Powerful states now dominate the region. Southern Mesopotamia is governed from Babylon, while a new power, the Mitanni empire, rules northern Mesopotamia. The powerful and warlike kingdom of Elam lies to the east.

Despite all these upheavals, styles of art, architecture and literature derived from the old Sumerian cities retain a powerful grip on the cultures of the region. This period represents the high point of Bronze Age civilization in Mesopotamia.

Related Articles:
History of Ancient Mesopotamia
The First Empires
The Babylonian Empire

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