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Polity Middle East

Ur

3799 BCE – 499 BCE · 3,300 years

Ancient Mesopotamian city-state

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How these dates were made

Real dates from Wikidata, checked against the atlas.

These are real dates: Ur's founding and dissolution are recorded in Wikidata, and accepted here only because they agree with the centuries the atlas independently drew it in. The atlas itself draws the world at 2 moments in time, not continuously. The strip below covers those snapshots — 3000 BCE to 2000 BCE — which sits inside the fuller span above.

3000 BCE 2 snapshots · 1,000 years unattested at the widest 2000 BCE
3000 BCE2000 BCE

Elsewhere in Middle East at the time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark · Middle East

Great Pyramid of Giza

2560 BCE – still standing

Conflict · Middle East

Conquests of Cyrus the Great

559 BCE – 530 BCE

Polity · Middle East

Meroe

Attested 500 BCE – 400 CE

Trade route · Middle East

Nile River Trade

3000 BCE – 30 BCE

Landmark · Middle East

Dead Sea

3000 BCE – still standing

Conflict · Middle East

Unification of Egypt

3100 BCE – 2950 BCE

Polity · Middle East

Egypt

Attested 3000 BCE – 2026 CE

Trade route · Middle East

Mesopotamian Trade Network

3000 BCE – 500 BCE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 3799 BCE and 499 BCE.

3200 BCE Ancient Thebes 3100 BCE Unification of Egypt 3100 BCE Early Sumerian City-State Wars 3100 BCE Memphis 3000 BCE Byblos 3000 BCE Damascus

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Grand Canyon Landmark · Americas 3000 BCE – still standing Hindu kingdoms Polity · South Asia 500 BCE – 1715 CE Harappan Maritime Trade (Indus–Mesopotamia) Trade route · South Asia 2600 BCE – 1900 BCE Sargon of Akkad Figure · Mesopotamia 2334 BCE – 2279 BCE Greco-Persian Wars Conflict · Europe 499 BCE – 449 BCE Great Barrier Reef Landmark · Oceania 3000 BCE – still standing
Image credits5 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
  • UrSteve Harris · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Great Pyramid of GizaDouwe C. van der Zee · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • MeroëWufei07 · Public domain
  • Dead Seaلا روسا · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Flag of EgyptDerived from Part IV Article (223) of the Constitution of The Arab Republic of Egypt. Col… · Public domain