Decline of Civilizations
by Dylan Cao
Sumerians
How long it existed
5400 BCE to 1750 BCE
Reason for decline
Mesopotamia was invaded repeatedly by the Assyrians, Persians, Greeks, etc.
Akkadian
How long it existed
2334 BCE - 2083 BCE
Reason for decline
The Akkadian empire started to decline due tot internal fighting, invasions, and severe famine.
Babylonian
How long it existed
2000 BCE - 312 BCE
Reason for decline
After Hammurabi died, his sons took over, but they were not good leaders and the empire got weak. The Kassites conquered Babylon.
Egyption
How long it existed
3500 B.C. - 642 A.D.
Reason for decline
The Egyptian empire was invaded, conquered, and ruled by different foreign powers.
Ancient India
How long it existed
5500 BCE - 1044 CE
Reason of decline
The Ancient Indian civilization was invaded multiple times by Persians, Alexander the Great, etc.
China
How long it existed
6500 BCE - 1234 CE
Reason of decline
It started to decline because of reasons such as a refusal to trade, an uprising against foreign control, and the change of monarchy to a democracy.
Mesopotamia
How long it existed
3500 BC - 1500 AD
Reason of decline
Mesopotamia fell due to invaders such as Cyrus the Great when the Persian Empire started.