Introduction

The ancient era of mesopotamia was ushered in at the end of the jemdet nazzar period. City states were represented by a king and a deity, who would have temples built within the city for the daities. The supreme city state, or capital city, would change according to which king was the most werful. It was the hittite king mercili, who would be responsible for the fall of the first babylonian dynasty when he ventured all the way down from anatolia to sack babylon in 15 95.