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Mesopotamian Chronology
Approximate
date BC
3400 Early Uruk
3200 Late Uruk
3000 Jemdet Nasr
2900 Early Dynastic I
2700 ED II
2500 EDIII
Uruk
• Modern Warka.• Occupation from 5th millennium till
abandonment in 5th c. AD.• Dramatic growth around 3000 BC.• EDI (2900BC) : 5.5 km2 enclosed by city wall.• Gilgamesh.
Uruk period (c. 3400-3100BC)
• Distribution of Uruk-style material culture north to southeastern Turkey, and east to Iran.
• Economic exchange.• Colonies? Empire?
Eanna temple precinct – Archaic Level IV
Offerings to Inanna?
The “Uruk Expansion”
Uruk expansion