Mesopotamian Chronology

Approximate

date BC

3400 Early Uruk

3200 Late Uruk

3000 Jemdet Nasr

2900 Early Dynastic I

2700 ED II

2500 EDIII

Uruk

• Modern Warka.• Occupation from 5th millennium till

abandonment in 5th c. AD.• Dramatic growth around 3000 BC.• EDI (2900BC) : 5.5 km2 enclosed by city wall.• Gilgamesh.

Uruk period (c. 3400-3100BC)

• Distribution of Uruk-style material culture north to southeastern Turkey, and east to Iran.

• Economic exchange.• Colonies? Empire?

Eanna temple precinct – Archaic Level IV

Offerings to Inanna?

The “Uruk Expansion”

Uruk expansion