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4000 BC |
The oldest artifacts of the Mesopotamian city of Ur dated to about this time. Links: Iraq, Mesopotamia, HistoryBC, Sumer 
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2500 BC |
A queen named Shubad died about this time in the city of Ur in Mesopotamia. She was buried with a staggering amount of personal property later uncovered by English archeologist Charles Leonard Woolley. Links: Iraq, Mesopotamia, HistoryBC, Archeology, Sumer
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2320 BC |
Sargon conquered the independent city-states of Sumer and instituted a central government. Links: Akkad, Mesopotamia, Sumer
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2291 BC 2254 BC |
Naram-Sin ruled Akkad. He defeated a rebel coalition in Sumer and re-established Akkadian power. He re-conquered Syria, Lebanon, and the Taurus mountains, destroying Aleppo and Mari in the process. During his reign the Gutians sacked the city of Agade and eventually destroyed all of Sumer (southern Iraq). During his reign Naram-Sin campaigned against the region of Magan (Oman). Links: , Syria, Lebanon, Akkad, Mesopotamia, Sumer
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2058 BC |
Dungi was the king of the Mesopotamian city of Ur. Links: Iraq, Mesopotamia, HistoryBC, Sumer
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2005 BC |
Bur-Sin ruled as the king of Ur. Links: Iraq, Mesopotamia, HistoryBC, Sumer
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1700 BC |
A Larsa king ruled Ur about this time. Links: Iraq, Mesopotamia, HistoryBC, Sumer
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1400 BC |
This was the Kassite period of the Mesopotamian city of Ur. Links: Iraq, Mesopotamia, HistoryBC, Sumer
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650 BC |
Nabonidas, the last ruler of Ur, made extensive renovations to the ziggurat there. His daughter, princess Bel-Shalti-Nannar, maintained a museum of local antiquities. Links: Iraq, Mesopotamia, HistoryBC, Sumer
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1922 Nov 2 |
English archeologist Charles Leonard Woolley began excavating the ancient Mesopotamian city of Ur, located between Baghdad and the Persian Gulf. Links: Iraq, Britain, Mesopotamia, Archeology, Sumer
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1922 |
A kind of draught board in an elongated 'H' shape, together with its pieces and dice, were found during archaeological excavations at the royal cemetery in the ancient Sumerian city of Ur, known now as Tal al-Muqayyar, in southern Iraq. It took more than five decades until experts managed to match up and translate a set of rules carved into a piece of clay with the board game. It became known as the Royal Game of Ur. Links: Iraq, Mesopotamia, Games, Sumer
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1960 Feb 20 |
English archeologist Charles Leonard Woolley (b.1880), best known for his excavations at Ur in Mesopotamia, died. He was knighted by King George V in 1935. Links: Britain, Mesopotamia, Archeology, Sumer
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