Uruk period

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The Uruk period was an early phase of Mesopotamian history (c. 4000–3100 BCE) marked by the rise of the first cities, monumental architecture, and the earliest known writing.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological culture
historical period
architecturalStyle monumental terraces
platform temples
tripartite temple plans
country Iraq
culture Sumerian
economy animal husbandry
craft specialization
irrigation agriculture
temple-centered redistribution
trade in metals
trade in obsidian
trade in stone
trade in timber
endTime circa 3100 BCE
followedBy Early Dynastic period
Jemdet Nasr period
follows Ubaid period
hasCharacteristic administrative centralization
development of cylinder seals
emergence of proto-cuneiform script
increasing social stratification
intensive agriculture
large temple complexes
long-distance trade
mass-produced ceramics
standardized metrology
urbanization
use of bevel-rim bowls
use of numerical tablets
hasPart Early Uruk period
linked to: Uruk period

Final Uruk period
Late Uruk period
linked to: Uruk period

Middle Uruk period
knownFor earliest administrative records
earliest large urban center at Uruk
spread of Mesopotamian cultural models across Near East
locatedInTime 4th millennium BCE
late 5th millennium BCE
mainPlace Uruk
namedAfter Uruk
partOf Mesopotamian history
region Anatolia
Levant
linked to: Levant region

northern Mesopotamia
southern Mesopotamia
western Iran
religion polytheism
significantEvent development of monumental architecture
emergence of earliest known writing
expansion of Uruk colonies and trading outposts
formation of early state-level societies
rise of first cities in Mesopotamia
significantPlace Eridu
Godin Tepe
Habuba Kabira
Jebel Aruda
Jemdet Nasr
Kish
Nippur
Susa
Tell Brak
Uruk
startTime circa 4000 BCE
usedBuildingMaterial mudbrick
reed
usedWritingSystem proto-cuneiform

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Eanna temple complex period Uruk period
Early Dynastic period follows Uruk period
Uruk archaeological site hasCulture Uruk culture
linked to: Uruk period
Uruk archaeological site hasPeriod Uruk period
Anu ziggurat period Uruk period
Warka culturalPeriod Uruk period
Proto-Elamite period follows Uruk period
Proto-Elamite period hasCulturalInfluenceFrom Uruk culture
linked to: Uruk period
Proto-Elamite script chronologicalPhase Uruk IV–Jemdet Nasr horizon
linked to: Uruk period
Tell Brak associatedCulture Uruk culture
linked to: Uruk period
Uruk Vase period Uruk period
Uruk period hasPart Early Uruk period
linked to: Uruk period
Uruk period hasPart Late Uruk period
linked to: Uruk period
Ubaid period followedBy Uruk period
Anu district timePeriod Uruk period
Eanna district periodOfUse Uruk period
Erech era Late Uruk period
linked to: Uruk period
Jemdet Nasr period follows Uruk period
Tell al-Ubaid followedBy Uruk period
Eridu periodOfFlourishing Uruk period
Tell Abu Shahrain timePeriod Uruk period
Shuruppak periodOfOccupation late Uruk period
linked to: Uruk period
Utu-hegal of Uruk era Uruk period (late phase of Sumerian city-states)
linked to: Uruk period
Uruk flourishedDuring Uruk period
subject linked to: ancient city of Uruk
Uruk timePeriod late Uruk period
subject linked to: ancient city of Uruk
linked to: Uruk period
White Temple period Uruk period
Warka Mask period Uruk period
Bronze Age Mesopotamia follows Uruk period