The Amorites, including King Hammurabi, reign. The Hittites later conquer the city. 16th-11th centuries B.C. The Kassites conquer Babylon. Later, Chaldeans and Aramaeans struggle to control the city.

Around 3,800 years ago or 1800 BC, Hammurabi conquered Mesopotamia, the new Kingdom of Egypt was established, the Indus Valley civilization went into decline, the mammoth went extinct, and the ...