As smaller city-states in Mesopotamia were conquered or taken over by larger ones, eventually larger kingdoms would rise to power in the area. The first civilization was known as SUMER.
After hundreds or even thousands of years, other civilizations such as the kingdoms of ASSYRIA and BABYLON would also rise to power in Mesopotamia.
Watch the following video to learn more about the CULTURE of these three civilizations. What do they have in common? What is different between the three?