This video shows the history of the Middle East from the rise of the city-states in 2500 BCE to the fall of Egypt to Persia in 525 BCE. This covers such events as the conquests of Sargon of Akkad, Ur-Namu of Ur, and Hamurabi of Babylon, as well as the various Assyrian and Egyptian kingdoms, and other great powers, including the Hittites, Hurrian-Mitanni, and Israel.

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Original Map: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...

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1. Isin city-state
2. Borsippa city-state
3. Dilbat city-state
4. Nippur city-state
5. Larsa city-state
6. Nina-Urukag
7. Akkad city-state
8. Naftali
9. Zebulun
10. Isaschar
11. Ephraim/Benjamin
12. Bit-Gabbari
13. Bit Adini
14. Carcemish
15. Gurgum
16. Kummukhi
17. Harran
18. Bit-Adini
19. Nisbis

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Thanks to:
TeeMee for helping speed up the animation process with "Number Animationer"
Ceplio for the idea, and some research

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MUSIC:
Derek & Brandon Fiechter - Hittite Chariots
Derek & Brandon Fiechter - Assyrian Chariots