Bronze Age Mesopotamia

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archaeological culture area historical period

Bronze Age Mesopotamia was an early cradle of civilization in the Near East, marked by the rise of city-states like Uruk, the development of cuneiform writing, and rich mythological traditions recorded in epics such as the Epic of Gilgamesh.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Bronze Age Mesopotamia canonical 1
Bronze Age Near East 1

Statements (70)

Predicate Object
instanceOf archaeological culture area ⓘ
historical period ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Ebla NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lagash NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mari NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nippur NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ur NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uruk NERFINISHED ⓘ
dominantLanguages Akkadian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sumerian NERFINISHED ⓘ
economyBasedOn irrigated agriculture ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
follows Ubaid period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uruk period NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorCity Akkad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Babylon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ebla NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kish NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lagash NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mari NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nineveh NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nippur NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ur NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uruk NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart Akkad NERFINISHED ⓘ
Assyria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Babylonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Elam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sumer NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSubPeriod Akkadian Empire period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Early Dynastic period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Middle Assyrian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Middle Babylonian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Old Assyrian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Old Babylonian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ur III period NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor Epic of Gilgamesh NERFINISHED ⓘ
astronomical observations ⓘ
complex bureaucracy ⓘ
development of cuneiform writing ⓘ
early mathematics ⓘ
early urbanization ⓘ
law codes ⓘ
monumental architecture ⓘ
polytheistic religion ⓘ
rich mythological traditions ⓘ
rise of city-states ⓘ
sexagesimal number system ⓘ
ziggurats ⓘ
legalText Code of Hammurabi NERFINISHED ⓘ
literaryWork Atrahasis Epic NERFINISHED ⓘ
Enuma Elish NERFINISHED ⓘ
Epic of Gilgamesh NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Fertile Crescent NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Near East NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorDeity Anu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Enki NERFINISHED ⓘ
Enlil NERFINISHED ⓘ
Inanna NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marduk NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorRivers Euphrates NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tigris NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalStructure city-states ⓘ
territorial empires ⓘ
precedes Iron Age Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
religionType polytheism ⓘ
timePeriodEnd c. 1200 BCE ⓘ
timePeriodStart c. 3300 BCE ⓘ
writingSystem cuneiform ⓘ

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

Humbaba → timePeriod → Bronze Age Mesopotamia ⓘ
Amorite dynasty of Mari → partOf → Bronze Age Mesopotamia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bronze Age Near East