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 Hegal'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.