Ur III Period

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Ur_III_Period

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:historical_period
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Third_Dynasty_of_Ur
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite	gptkb:Girsu gptkb:Umma gptkb:Ur gptkb:Larsa gptkb:Nippur
gptkbp:capital	gptkb:Ur
gptkbp:economy	agriculture trade
gptkbp:endDate	c. 2004 BCE
gptkbp:followedBy	gptkb:Old_Babylonian_Period
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Ur III Period
gptkbp:language	Akkadian Sumerian
gptkbp:location	gptkb:Mesopotamia
gptkbp:notableAchievement	gptkb:Code_of_Ur-Nammu centralized bureaucracy extensive cuneiform records
gptkbp:notableRuler	gptkb:Amar-Sin gptkb:Shu-Sin gptkb:Ibbi-Sin gptkb:Shulgi gptkb:Ur-Nammu
gptkbp:precededBy	gptkb:Akkadian_Empire
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Akkad gptkb:Elam gptkb:Sumer
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Sumerian_religion
gptkbp:significantEvent	fall of Ur to Elamites
gptkbp:startDate	c. 2112 BCE
gptkbp:writingSystem	cuneiform
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Ningirsu gptkb:Tell_al-Hiba gptkb:Tell_Asmar gptkb:Khafajah gptkb:Akkadian_Period gptkb:Nidaba
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7