Ur III period

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The Ur III period was a late third-millennium BCE Mesopotamian era marked by the centralized, bureaucratic rule of the Third Dynasty of Ur over much of southern Mesopotamia.

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Label Occurrences
Ur III period canonical 38
Ur III empire 2
Ur III 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bronze Age period
Mesopotamian period
historical period
alsoKnownAs Neo-Sumerian period
Third Dynasty of Ur period
Ur III dynasty period
characterizedBy centralized taxation
extensive record-keeping
highly developed bureaucracy
standardized legal codes
state-controlled economy
country kingdom of Ur
economy agricultural surplus management
long-distance trade
textile production
endCause Elamite invasion
internal political fragmentation
endTime c. 2004 BCE
followedBy Isin-Larsa period
Old Babylonian period
follows Akkadian Empire
Gutian period
governmentType bureaucratic state
centralized monarchy
hasCapital Ur
hasCenter city of Girsu
city of Lagash
city of Nippur
city of Umma
city of Ur
hasMonarch Amar-Sin
Ibbi-Sin
Shu-Sin
Shulgi
linked to: Shulgi of Ur

Ur-Namma
linked to: Ur-Nammu
languageUsed Akkadian
Sumerian
linked to: Sumerian language
locatedIn Sumer
lower Mesopotamia
linked to: Lower Mesopotamia

southern Mesopotamia
notableFor construction of ziggurats
large number of administrative tablets
law code of Ur-Namma
linked to: Code of Ur-Nammu

state-sponsored temple building
partOf Late Early Bronze Age
precededBy Akkadian period
religion Mesopotamian polytheism
rulingDynasty Third Dynasty of Ur
linked to: Ur III dynasty
startTime c. 2112 BCE
writingSystem cuneiform

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Nippur flourishedDuring Ur III period
Code of Ur-Nammu timePeriod Ur III period
Ur of the Chaldeans flourishedDuring Ur III period
Sumerian literature locatedInTime Ur III period
Ziggurat of Enlil associatedWith Ur III period
subject linked to: ziggurat of Enlil
Umma timePeriod Ur III period
Sumerian religion flourishedDuring Ur III period
Ur-Nammu era Ur III period
Amar-Sin era Ur III period
Amar-Sin successorState Ur III empire
linked to: Ur III period
Ibbi-Sin chronology Ur III period
Shulgi of Ur era Ur III period
Tell al-Hiba locatedInTimePeriod Ur III period
Bau worshipPeriod Ur III period
Enki in Eridu cultPeriod Ur III period
E-kishnugal associatedPeriod Ur III period
city walls of Ur chronology Ur III period
Neo-Sumerian sculpture timePeriod Ur III period
Neo-Sumerian sculpture culturalContext Ur III state
linked to: Ur III period
Puzrish-Dagan period Ur III period
Eanna district periodOfUse Ur III period
Sargonic period followedBy Ur III period
Gutian period precedes Ur III period
Umma timeOfProminence Ur III period
subject linked to: city of Umma
Sumerian calendar standardizedIn Ur III period
Isin dynasty precededBy Ur III empire
linked to: Ur III period
Ur flourishedInPeriod Ur III period
subject linked to: city of Ur
Utu-hengal associatedWith Ur III period (as immediate predecessor)
linked to: Ur III period
Shu-Sin reignOver Ur III
linked to: Ur III period
Shu-Sin era Ur III period
Isin-Larsa period follows Ur III period
Isin-Larsa period transitionalBetween Ur III period
Girsu timePeriod Ur III period
subject linked to: city of Girsu
Akkadian period precedes Ur III period
Ur-Nammu era Ur III period
subject linked to: Ur-Nammur
Ningishzida timePeriod Ur III period
Sumerian royal ideology timePeriod Ur III period
Ekur temple periodOfUse Ur III period
Bronze Age Mesopotamia hasSubPeriod Ur III period
Amar-Suena timePeriod Ur III period
Tell al-Muqayir associatedWithPeriod Ur III period