Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?

Register New Account

Choose Your Payment Method

Chronology Tables

Mesopotamia

PeriodStandardAraratSignificant Event
Chalcolithic4800 - 3300 BC3500 (?) - 3000 BC
  • Late Ubaid and Early Uruk (?)
  • Ghassulian culture
  • Predynastic Egypt (Naqada I-II)
  • Uruk Expansion (Uruk VI-V)
  • Uruk accounting tablets and bullae
  • Enmerkar and Etana (?)
EB I3300 - 2900 BC3000 - 2750 BC
  • Late Uruk (Uruk IV)
  • Temple 4050 (Megiddo Stratum XIX)
  • Protodynastic (Naqada III)
  • Jebel Hafeet Tombs (Magan)
  • Uruk III (Jemdet Nasr)
  • Jemdet Nasr Tablets
EB II2900 - 2600 BC2750 - 2500 BC
  • Early Dynastic I-II
  • Earliest tombs in Royal Cemetery of Ur
  • Sin Temples VI-VIII at Khafajah
  • "Great Temple" (Megiddo Stratum XVIII)
  • First and Second Dynasties of Egypt
EB III2600 - 2350 BC2400 - 2200 BC
  • Reigns of Gilgamesh, Agga, Mesannapeda (?)
  • Fara and Abu Salabikh Tablets
  • Pyramid of Djoser (Dynasty III of Egypt)
  • First Dynasties of Ur and Lagash
  • Eannatum of Lagash conquers Sumer
  • The Great Pyramid (Dynasty IV)
  • First Eblaite Dynasty (Ebla Archive)
  • Megiddo XV (Megaron Temples)
  • Dynasty V and Campaigns of Weni against Canaan
  • Umm an-Nar Tombs (Magan)
  • Early Dilmun and Harappa
EB IV2350 - 2150 BC2200 - 2050 BC
  • The rise and fall of the Akkadian Empire
  • Dynasty VI of Egypt
  • Qala'at al-Bahrain City II (Dilmun)
MB I2150 - 2000 BC 2050 - 1900 BC
  • Guti, Lagash II and Ur III periods
  • Ziggurat of Ur
  • First Intermediate Period
  • Jericho Shaft Tombs
  • Megiddo Stratum XIV
MB IIA2000 - 1750 BC1900 - 1700 BC
  • The breakup of Mesopotamia into petty kingdoms dominated by Isin and Larsa
  • Many of the tablets from the Library at Nippur were copied during this period
© 2025 AFS — Terms and Conditions — Privacy   Report a problem