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Updated:Apr 23, 2026
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Sumerian City-States: Ur, Lagash, and Larsa (c. 3000–2000 BCE)

Sumerian City-States: Ur, Lagash, and Larsa (c. 3000–2000 BCE)

  1. Uruk-period urbanism expands in Sumer

    Labels: Uruk period, southern Mesopotamia

  2. Jemdet Nasr period links to early writing

    Labels: Jemdet Nasr, proto-cuneiform

  3. Early Dynastic city-states dominate southern Mesopotamia

    Labels: Early Dynastic, Sumerian city-states

  4. Royal tombs at Ur signal dynastic wealth

    Labels: Royal Cemetery, elite burials

  5. First Dynasty of Ur rises to regional prominence

    Labels: First Dynasty, Ur

  6. Eannatum of Lagash commissions Stele of Vultures

    Labels: Eannatum, Stele of

  7. Akkadian Empire ends Sumerian city-state autonomy

    Labels: Akkadian Empire, Sargon of

  8. Gudea’s rule marks Lagash’s late florescence

    Labels: Gudea, Lagash

  9. Ur-Nammu founds Third Dynasty of Ur (Ur III)

    Labels: Ur-Nammu, Ur III

  10. Code of Ur-Nammu compiled under Ur III kingship

    Labels: Code of, Ur III

  11. Larsa dynasty emerges as Isin–Larsa rivalry begins

    Labels: Larsa dynasty, Isin Larsa

  12. Fall of Ur III after Elamite sack of Ur

    Labels: Elamite sack, Fall of

  13. Warad-Sin reigns as king of Larsa

    Labels: Warad-Sin, Larsa

  14. Rim-Sin I dominates southern Mesopotamia from Larsa

    Labels: Rim-Sin I, Larsa

  15. Hammurabi defeats Rim-Sin and annexes Larsa

    Labels: Hammurabi, Larsa