Uruk Timeline

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c. 5400 BCE

The City of Eridu is founded.
c. 5000 BCE

Sumer inhabited by Ubaid people.
c. 4500 BCE

The City of Uruk founded.
4100 BCE - 2900 BCE

Uruk Period in Mesopotamia. First cities.
4100 BCE - 2900 BCE

Uruk Period in Sumer.
c. 4000 BCE

Creation at Uruk of first mass-produced bowls.
c. 3600 BCE

Invention of writing in Sumer at Uruk.
c. 3200 BCE

First instance of written language in Sumerian.
2900 BCE - 2334 BCE

The Early Dynastic Period in Sumer.
c. 2600 BCE

Uruk ruled by Gilgamesh for 126 years according to the Sumerian King List.
2100 BCE

First ziggurats in Ur, Eridu, Uruk, and Nippur.
2100 BCE

The Reign of Utu-Hegal at Uruk in Sumer and creation of Sumerian King List.
c. 2055 BCE - 2047 BCE

Utu Hegel's reign over Sumerian and Akkadian cities.
2047 BCE - 1750 BCE

The Ur III Period in Sumer. Great Wall of Uruk still standing.
1787 BCE

Hammurabi of Babylon conquers Uruk and Isin.