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Alabaster, Early Dynastic III (2550–2500 BC); found in Telloh, ancient city of Girsu. The history of Sumer spans the 5th to 3rd millennia BCE in southern Mesopotamia, and is taken to include the prehistoric Ubaid and Uruk periods. Sumer was the region's earliest known civilization and ended with the downfall of the Third Dynasty of Ur around ...
His rule probably would have taken place sometime in the beginning of the Early Dynastic Period, c. 2900 – 2350 BC, though he became a major figure in Sumerian legend during the Third Dynasty of Ur (c. 2112 – c. 2004 BC).
Preceded by. Uruk Period. Followed by. Early Dynastic Period. The Jemdet Nasr Period is an archaeological culture in southern Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq ). It is generally dated from 3100 to 2900 BC. It is named after the type site Tell Jemdet Nasr, where the assemblage typical for this period was first recognized.
The Early Dynastic Period of Mesopotamia is the modern-day archaeological term for the era in Mesopotamian history – 2900-2334 BCE – during which some of the most significant cultural advances were made including the rise of the cities, the development of writing, and the establishment of governments. This era was preceded by the Uruk ...
In Lower Mesopotamia, the Early Dynastic Period begins around the start of the 3rd millennium BC, during which this region again exerts considerable influence over its neighbours. Lower Mesopotamia Location of the main sites in southern Mesopotamia in the Uruk and Jamdet Nasr periods.
The Gutian dynasty ( Sumerian: 𒄖𒋾𒌝𒆠, gu-ti-um KI) was a line of kings, originating among the Gutian people. Originally thought to be a horde that swept in and brought down Akkadian and Sumerian rule in Mesopotamia, the Gutians are now known to have been in the area for at least a century by then. By the end of the Akkadian period ...
Since there's an ED period in Mesopotamia as well (which is also usually called just "Early Dynastic period"), which finally got it's own page on WP, I thought it might be best to bring the names of both pages in line as Early Dynastic Period (Egypt) and Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia).--Zoeperkoe 10:16, 10 March 2015 (UTC)
