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c. 5000 BCESumer inhabited by Ubaid people.
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c. 4000 BCEFirst settlement of Ur.
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c. 2600 BCE - c. 2000 BCEThe Royal Graves of Ur used in Sumer.
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c. 2330 BCESargon of Akkad sacks Ur.
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2100 BCEZiggurats in use in Sumerian cities of Eridu, Uruk, Ur, Nippur and elsewhere
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c. 2100 BCE - c. 2050 BCEThe Code of Ur-Nammu (the oldest extant code of laws) is written.
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c. 2055 BCE - 2047 BCEUtu Hegal's reign over Sumerian and Akkadian cities.
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2047 BCE - 1750 BCEThe Ur III Period in Sumer, known as the Sumerian Renaissance.
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2047 BCE - 1750 BCEThird dynasty of Ur.
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2047 BCE - 2030 BCEUr-Nammu's reign over Sumer.
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c. 2038 BCEKing Shulgi of Ur builds his great wall in Sumer.
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2030 BCE - 1980 BCEUr was reputed to be the largest city in the world.
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c. 1750 BCEElam conquers Ur.
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1000 BCEChaldeans occupy Ur.
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450 BCEUr is no longer inhabited, possibly due to drought or changing river patterns.