The History Files: Mesopotamia (original) (raw)
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A general map of northern Mesopotamia in the late third millennium BC and early second (click on image to read more on a separate page) MAP: Map of Mesopotamia around 2000-1600 BC (click on image to read more on a separate page) MAP: 
Map of Anatolia, Syria, and Canaan around 2000 BC (click on image to read more on a separate page) | |
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| | HASSUNA, SAMARRA & HALAF CULTURES / LATE NEOLITHIC | | | | |
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Life Before Civilisation By 10,000 BC, people had abandoned cave dwelling in favour of living in the first permanent settlements. 
Hassuna Culture Farming arrived in the fertile lowlands of Mesopotamia from 8000 BC onwards, transforming human society. 
Samarra Culture This was the second of the early Neolithic cultures which led to the creation of civilisation in Mesopotamia. 
Halaf Culture By the mid-sixth millennium the Halaf dry-farming culture had appeared in northern Mesopotamia and Syria. UBAID PERIOD (5300-3900 BC) / CHALCOLITHIC 
The Ubaid Period This was the crossover point between prehistory and the threshold of early urban civilisation in Mesopotamia. URUK IV PERIOD (3900-3100 BC) / GAWRA CULTURE (4000-3500 BC) JEMDET NASR / URUK III PERIOD (3100-2900 BC) / EARLY BRONZE AGE EARLY DYNASTIC I PERIOD (2900-2800 BC) / 'BEFORE THE FLOOD' 
The Sumerian King List This highly important list was written on clay tablets, with the first version appearing around 2100 BC. 
First Writing System The first communications revolution occurred when the Sumerians developed pictures into written script. EARLY DYNASTIC II PERIOD (2800-2600 BC) / 'AFTER THE FLOOD' EARLY DYNASTIC IIIa PERIOD (2600-2500 BC) / ELAM EARLY DYNASTIC IIIb PERIOD (2500-2334 BC) / LAGASH DYNASTY PERIOD AKKADIAN PERIOD (2450-2250 BC) GUTIAN PERIOD (2250-2150 BC) 
Gutian Origins The Gutians arrived in the Zagros Mountains in the last few centuries of the 2000s BC. UR III PERIOD (2150-2000 BC) OLD BABYLONIAN PERIOD (2000-1600 BC) / MIDDLE BRONZE AGE LATE BRONZE AGE (1600-1200 BC) IRON AGE I (1200-1000 BC) / DARK AGE IRON AGE II (1000-586 BC) GREAT EMPIRES (586-1 BC) / CLASSICAL PERIOD | | | | |
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