Ur III period

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Bronze Age period Mesopotamian period historical period

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.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ur III period canonical	12
Ur III empire	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bronze Age period ⓘ Mesopotamian period ⓘ historical period ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Third Dynasty of Ur period ⓘ surface form: 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 Empire ⓘ surface form: 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 of Ur ⓘ surface form: Shulgi Ur-Nammu ⓘ surface form: Ur-Namma
languageUsed	Akkadian ⓘ Sumerian language ⓘ surface form: Sumerian
locatedIn	Sumer ⓘ Lower Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: lower Mesopotamia southern Mesopotamia ⓘ
notableFor	construction of ziggurats ⓘ large number of administrative tablets ⓘ Code of Ur-Nammu ⓘ surface form: law code of Ur-Namma state-sponsored temple building ⓘ
partOf	Late Early Bronze Age ⓘ
precededBy	Akkadian period ⓘ
religion	Mesopotamian polytheism ⓘ
rulingDynasty	Ur III dynasty ⓘ surface form: Third Dynasty of Ur
startTime	c. 2112 BCE ⓘ
writingSystem	cuneiform ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

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 surface form: 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 period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ur III empire

Ibbi-Sin → chronology → Ur III period ⓘ

Tell el-Muqayyar → hasArchaeologicalPeriod → Ur III period ⓘ

Shulgi of Ur → era → Ur III period ⓘ