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.

All labels observed (5)

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

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (43)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ