Gutian period
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The Gutian period was a relatively short and turbulent era in Mesopotamian history marked by the rule of the Gutian people over Sumer following the collapse of the Akkadian Empire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gutian period canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8916650 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gutian period Context triple: [Ur III period, follows, Gutian period]
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Republican era of China
The Republican era of China (1912–1949) was the period between the fall of the Qing dynasty and the establishment of the People’s Republic, marked by warlordism, nationalist-communist struggles, and efforts at modernization and state-building.
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B.
Jiangxi Soviet
The Jiangxi Soviet was a major early communist base area in southeastern China that served as the Chinese Communist Party’s de facto government and revolutionary stronghold before the Long March.
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C.
Myanmar Era
Myanmar Era is the traditional lunisolar calendar system historically used in Myanmar for marking years, religious festivals, and cultural events.
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D.
Chinese Civil War (early phase)
The early phase of the Chinese Civil War was a protracted conflict in the 1920s–1930s between the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) and the Chinese Communist Party that shaped the political and military landscape of Republican-era China before the Second World War.
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E.
Warring States period
The Warring States period was a turbulent era in ancient Chinese history (c. 475–221 BCE) marked by intense warfare among rival states, major philosophical developments, and the eventual unification of China under the Qin dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Gutian period Target entity description: The Gutian period was a relatively short and turbulent era in Mesopotamian history marked by the rule of the Gutian people over Sumer following the collapse of the Akkadian Empire.
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A.
Republican era of China
The Republican era of China (1912–1949) was the period between the fall of the Qing dynasty and the establishment of the People’s Republic, marked by warlordism, nationalist-communist struggles, and efforts at modernization and state-building.
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B.
Jiangxi Soviet
The Jiangxi Soviet was a major early communist base area in southeastern China that served as the Chinese Communist Party’s de facto government and revolutionary stronghold before the Long March.
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C.
Myanmar Era
Myanmar Era is the traditional lunisolar calendar system historically used in Myanmar for marking years, religious festivals, and cultural events.
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D.
Chinese Civil War (early phase)
The early phase of the Chinese Civil War was a protracted conflict in the 1920s–1930s between the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) and the Chinese Communist Party that shaped the political and military landscape of Republican-era China before the Second World War.
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E.
Warring States period
The Warring States period was a turbulent era in ancient Chinese history (c. 475–221 BCE) marked by intense warfare among rival states, major philosophical developments, and the eventual unification of China under the Qin dynasty.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
era in Mesopotamian history
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historical period ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent |
collapse of the Akkadian Empire
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rise of the Third Dynasty of Ur ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
breakdown of central authority
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decline of long-distance trade ⓘ economic decline ⓘ political instability ⓘ reduced monumental building activity ⓘ |
| duration | relatively short ⓘ |
| endTime | c. 21st century BCE ⓘ |
| ethnicGroupInPower | Gutians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Sumerian renaissance under Ur III ⓘ |
| follows |
Akkadian Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Akkadian period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governsTerritory |
Sumerian city-states
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southern Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| hasCapital | uncertain ⓘ |
| hasReputationInSources |
time of chaos
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time of famine ⓘ time of lawlessness ⓘ |
| hasRulingDynasty | Gutian dynasty of Sumer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRulingPeople | Gutians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasUncertainChronology | true ⓘ |
| historiographicalStatus |
partly reconstructed from later sources
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poorly documented ⓘ |
| knownFrom |
Sumerian King List
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
inscriptions from southern Mesopotamia ⓘ later Mesopotamian literary traditions ⓘ |
| languageOfAdministration |
Akkadian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sumerian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mesopotamia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sumer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlapsWith | late Akkadian cultural traditions ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of Mesopotamia
ⓘ
history of Sumer ⓘ |
| precededBy | Akkadian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedes |
Third Dynasty of Ur
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ur III period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Mesopotamian polytheism ⓘ |
| startTime |
c. 22nd century BCE
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late 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gutian period Description of subject: The Gutian period was a relatively short and turbulent era in Mesopotamian history marked by the rule of the Gutian people over Sumer following the collapse of the Akkadian Empire.
Referenced by (1)
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