A simple timeline… Sumer: when?

TODAY
Egyptians Stonehenge Greeks Romans Vikings
10 000 8 000 6 000 4 000 2 000 1 000 J.C 1 000 2 000
Agriculture in the Near East SUMER Elizabeth II

Sumer - a short
• history over four millennia

10 000 6 000 4 500 3 700 3 100

Beginning of SUMER
Agriculture in Irrigation Writing
Near East Agriculture in Sumer Madhhur House First Cities

2850 - 2350 2340 - 2200 2100-1900

SUMER THE EMPIRE OF SARGON
Sumer returns
Many cities, many kingdoms Sargon rules over Kings of Ur rule over Sumer
(Ur, Kiš, Lagaš...) Sumer and Fall of Ur –
Mesopotamia Gudéa, prince of Lagaš end of Sumer
Guti attack Guti attack
- fall of again
Sargon
Empire