Ubaid period

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The Ubaid period was a prehistoric era in southern Mesopotamia marked by the emergence of the first settled farming communities, distinctive painted pottery, and the foundations of later Sumerian urban civilization.

All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Ubaid period canonical 8
Ubaid culture 3
Ubaid 4 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological culture ⓘ
cultural period in Mesopotamia ⓘ
prehistoric period ⓘ
cultureArea ancient Near East ⓘ
followedBy Early Uruk period ⓘ
Uruk period ⓘ
follows Halaf period ⓘ
Samarra culture ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Eridu ⓘ
Oueili ⓘ
Tell Abada ⓘ
Tell Mashnaqa ⓘ
Tell al-Ubaid ⓘ
Tepe Gawra ⓘ
Ur ⓘ
hasCharacteristic animal husbandry of sheep and goats ⓘ
appearance of rank distinctions in burials ⓘ
communal storage facilities ⓘ
cultivation of cereals ⓘ
development of canal irrigation systems ⓘ
development of temple institutions ⓘ
emergence of chiefdom-level societies ⓘ
emergence of social stratification ⓘ
first large permanent farming villages in southern Mesopotamia ⓘ
foundations of later Sumerian urban civilization ⓘ
increasing craft specialization ⓘ
increasing political centralization ⓘ
increasing sedentism ⓘ
irrigation-based agriculture ⓘ
long-distance trade networks ⓘ
mudbrick architecture ⓘ
platform temples ⓘ
regional cultural homogenization ⓘ
standardized material culture across wide area ⓘ
tripartite house plans ⓘ
use of clay sickles ⓘ
use of clay tokens ⓘ
use of stamp seals ⓘ
hasChronologyNote absolute dates vary by scholar and region ⓘ
hasEconomy household-based production ⓘ
mixed farming and herding economy ⓘ
redistributive systems centered on temples ⓘ
hasEndTime c. 3800 BCE ⓘ
hasPart Ubaid 0 ⓘ
Ubaid 1 ⓘ
linked to: Ubaid period

Ubaid 2 ⓘ
linked to: Ubaid period

Ubaid 3 ⓘ
linked to: Ubaid period

Ubaid 4 ⓘ
linked to: Ubaid period

Ubaid 5 ⓘ
linked to: Ubaid period
hasReligion early Mesopotamian temple cults ⓘ
hasStartTime c. 6500 BCE ⓘ
knownFor distinctive painted pottery ⓘ
early temple complexes ⓘ
fine wheel-made ceramics in later phases ⓘ
greenish-buff pottery with dark geometric designs ⓘ
large multiroom houses ⓘ
spread of Ubaid-style pottery across the Gulf ⓘ
mainRegion Persian Gulf coast ⓘ
eastern Syria ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Syria

northern Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: Upper Mesopotamia

southeastern Anatolia ⓘ
southern Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: Lower Mesopotamia

western Iran ⓘ
namedAfter Tell al-Ubaid ⓘ
partOf prehistory of Iraq ⓘ
prehistory of Mesopotamia ⓘ
precededBy Neolithic of Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: Ubaid period
startLocation southern Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: Lower Mesopotamia
timePeriodWithin Chalcolithic ⓘ
linked to: Copper Age

Late Neolithic–Early Chalcolithic transition ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

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

Uruk archaeological site → hasPeriod → Ubaid period ⓘ
Eridu archaeological site → hasCulture → Ubaid culture ⓘ
linked to: Ubaid period
Eridu archaeological site → hasMaterialCulture → Ubaid pottery ⓘ
linked to: Ubaid period
Tell Brak → associatedCulture → Ubaid culture ⓘ
linked to: Ubaid period
Uruk period → follows → Ubaid period ⓘ
Ubaid period → hasPart → Ubaid 1 ⓘ
linked to: Ubaid period
Ubaid period → hasPart → Ubaid 2 ⓘ
linked to: Ubaid period
Ubaid period → hasPart → Ubaid 3 ⓘ
linked to: Ubaid period
Ubaid period → hasPart → Ubaid 4 ⓘ
linked to: Ubaid period
Ubaid period → hasPart → Ubaid 5 ⓘ
linked to: Ubaid period
Ubaid period → precededBy → Neolithic of Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: Ubaid period
Tell al-Ubaid → partOf → Ubaid culture ⓘ
linked to: Ubaid period
Tell al-Ubaid → culture → Ubaid period ⓘ
Tell al-Ubaid → hasArchaeologicalPhase → Ubaid 4 ⓘ
linked to: Ubaid period
Eridu → periodOfFlourishing → Ubaid period ⓘ
Eridu → foundedInPeriod → Ubaid period ⓘ
Tell Abu Shahrain → timePeriod → Ubaid period ⓘ
Tell Abu Shahrain → hasArchaeologicalFind → Ubaid pottery ⓘ
linked to: Ubaid period
Bronze Age Mesopotamia → follows → Ubaid period ⓘ