Ubaid period

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archaeological culture cultural period in Mesopotamia prehistoric period

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.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Ubaid culture	1
Ubaid pottery	1

Statements (70)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	archaeological culture ⓘ cultural period in Mesopotamia ⓘ prehistoric period ⓘ
cultureArea	ancient Near East ⓘ
followedBy	Early Uruk period ⓘ Uruk period NERFINISHED ⓘ
follows	Halaf period NERFINISHED ⓘ Samarra culture NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite	Eridu NERFINISHED ⓘ Oueili NERFINISHED ⓘ Tell Abada NERFINISHED ⓘ Tell Mashnaqa NERFINISHED ⓘ Tell al-Ubaid NERFINISHED ⓘ Tepe Gawra NERFINISHED ⓘ Ur NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Ubaid 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Ubaid 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Ubaid 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Ubaid 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Ubaid 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ eastern Syria NERFINISHED ⓘ northern Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ southeastern Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ western Iran ⓘ
namedAfter	Tell al-Ubaid NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	prehistory of Iraq ⓘ prehistory of Mesopotamia ⓘ
precededBy	Neolithic of Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
startLocation	southern Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriodWithin	Chalcolithic NERFINISHED ⓘ Late Neolithic–Early Chalcolithic transition ⓘ

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

Eridu archaeological site → hasCulture → Ubaid period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ubaid culture

Eridu archaeological site → hasEarliestOccupation → Ubaid period ⓘ

Eridu archaeological site → hasMaterialCulture → Ubaid period ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ubaid pottery

Uruk archaeological site → hasPeriod → Ubaid period ⓘ