Ancient Civ Timeline

By Moonlark
  • 5000 BCE

    Sumer Inhabited by the Ubaid People

  • 4000 BCE

    First Ur Settlement

  • Period: 2600 BCE to 2000 BCE

    The Royal Graves of Ur are Used in Sumer

  • 2500 BCE

    The Cosmetic Box (My Artifact) is Made

  • 2330 BCE

    Sargon of Akkad Sacks Ur

  • 2100 BCE

    First Ziggurats in Ur, Eridu, Uruk, and Nippur

  • Period: 2055 BCE to 2047 BCE

    Utu Hegel's Reign over Sumerian and Akkadian Cities

  • 2050 BCE

    The Code of Ur-Nammu is Written

    This was the earliest known code of laws
  • Period: 2047 BCE to 2030 BCE

    Ur-Nammu's Reign over Sumer

  • Period: 2047 BCE to 1750 BCE

    The Third Dynasty of Ur

  • Period: 2047 BCE to 1750 BCE

    The Sumerian Renaissance

  • 2038 BCE

    King Shulgi of Ur Builds his Great Wall in Sumer

  • Period: 2030 BCE to 1980 BCE

    Ur was the largest city in the world

  • 1750 BCE

    Elam Conquers Ur

  • 1000 BCE

    Chaldeans Occupy Ur

  • 450 BCE

    Ur is Uninhabited

    Possibly due to drought or changing river patterns