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c. 5400 BCEThe City of Eridu is founded.
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c. 5000 BCESumer inhabited by Ubaid people.
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c. 4500 BCEThe City of Uruk founded.
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4100 BCE - 2900 BCEUruk Period in Mesopotamia. First cities.
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4100 BCE - 2900 BCEUruk Period in Sumer.
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c. 4000 BCECreation at Uruk of first mass-produced bowls.
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c. 3600 BCEInvention of writing in Sumer at Uruk.
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c. 3200 BCEFirst instance of written language in Sumerian.
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2900 BCE - 2334 BCEThe Early Dynastic Period in Sumer.
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c. 2600 BCEUruk ruled by Gilgamesh for 126 years according to the Sumerian King List.
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2100 BCEZiggurats in use in Sumerian cities of Eridu, Uruk, Ur, Nippur and elsewhere
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2100 BCEThe Reign of Utu-Hegal at Uruk in Sumer and creation of Sumerian King List.
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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. Great Wall of Uruk still standing.
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1787 BCEHammurabi of Babylon conquers Uruk and Isin.