Ur Timeline

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c. 5000 BCE
Sumer inhabited by Ubaid people.
c. 4000 BCE
First settlement of Ur.
c. 2600 BCE - c. 2000 BCE
The Royal Graves of Ur used in Sumer.
c. 2330 BCE
Sargon of Akkad sacks Ur.
2100 BCE
First ziggurats in Ur, Eridu, Uruk, and Nippur.
c. 2100 BCE - c. 2050 BCE
The Code of Ur-Nammu (the oldest extant code of laws) is written.
c. 2055 BCE - 2047 BCE
Utu Hegal's reign over Sumerian and Akkadian cities.
2047 BCE - 1750 BCE
The Ur III Period in Sumer, known as the Sumerian Renaissance.
2047 BCE - 1750 BCE
Third dynasty of Ur.
2047 BCE - 2030 BCE
Ur-Nammu's reign over Sumer.
c. 2038 BCE
King Shulgi of Ur builds his great wall in Sumer.
2030 BCE - 1980 BCE
Ur was reputed to be the largest city in the world.
c. 1750 BCE
Elam conquers Ur.
1000 BCE
Chaldeans occupy Ur.
450 BCE
Ur is no longer inhabited, possibly due to drought or changing river patterns.