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Sumerian Legal Practices: Contracts, Oath Formulas, and Court Cases (c. 2500–2000 BCE)

2420 BCE - 2004 BCE

Sumerian Cylinder Seals: Iconography and Workshop Production (c. 3500–2000 BCE)

3500 BCE - 2010

Succession Crises, Revolts, and Internal Political Instability in the Akkadian Dynasty (c. 2279–2154 BCE)

2154 - 2278

Sargon of Akkad's Reign and Campaigns (c. 2334–2279 BCE)

2334 BCE - 2255 BCE

Religion, Temples, and Cult Institutions in Akkadian Cities (c. 2350–2150 BCE)

2334 BCE - 2100 BCE

Proto-cuneiform to Standard Cuneiform: Development of Sumerian Writing (c. 3400–2000 BCE)

3500 BCE - 2100 BCE

Private Legal Documents and Everyday Law in Babylonian Archives (c. 2000–500 BCE)

9110 BCE - 450 BCE

Old Babylonian Dynasty (Amorite Kings) of Babylon (c. 1894–1595 BCE)

1894 BCE - 1595 BCE

Old Akkadian Legal Texts and Contractual Practice (c. 2350–2150 BCE)

2334 BCE - 2150 BCE

Old Akkadian Administration and Economic Records (c. 2350–2150 BCE)

2154 - 2334

Neo-Babylonian (Chaldean) Empire (c. 626–539 BCE)

626 BCE - 539 BCE

Nebuchadnezzar II: Building Programs, Campaigns, and Court (605–562 BCE)

605 BCE - 6051

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