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 ⓘ