The document discusses the history of Mesopotamia during the Early Dynastic Period from approximately 2900 BC to 2350 BC. It outlines the chronology of the Uruk Period and Early Dynastic Period. It then describes how population growth and urbanization in Babylonia led to increased competition for land and a shift from temple authority to palace authority. It mentions artifacts from this period like the Standard of Ur which depict war and peace. It also discusses border conflicts like the Umma-Lagash conflict and important cities in Mesopotamia and Syria during this time.

1. HISTORY 26 Lecture Five: The Early Dynastic Period in Mesopotamia

2. Uruk Period Chronology Early Uruk ( c . 4000 - 3500 BC) Late Uruk ( c . 3500 - 3100 BC) Uruk IV ( c . 3400 - 3100) Jemdet Nasr ( c . 3100 - 2900 BC) Uruk III ( c . 3100 - 3000)

3. Uruk Expansion and Retraction Susa and Susiana Northern Mesopotamia Habuba Kabira Tell Brak Tepe Gawra Uruk III/Jemdet Nasr ( c . 3100 - 2900 BC) Proto-Elamite culture (Susiana)

4. Early Dynastic Period Chronology Early Dynastic I ( c . 2900 - 2750 BC) Early Dynastic II ( c . 2750 - 2600 BC) Early Dynastic IIIa ( c . 2600 - 2450 BC) Early Dynastic IIIb ( c . 2450 - 2350 BC)

5. The Ancient Near East

6. Babylonia

7. Babylonia Population growth and urbanism lead to increased competition for agricultural lands. Authority shifts from the temple to the palace. The Standard of Ur ( c . 2600 - 2400 BC)

8. The Standard of Ur War Panel

9. The Standard of Ur Peace Panel

10. The Standard of Ur Peace Panel

11. Babylonia

12. The Umma-Lagash Border Conflict ( c . 2500 - 2350 BC) The Vulture stele of Eanatum of Lagash ( c . 2450) Ningirsu (Lagash) Shara (Umma)

13. Babylonia Nippur (Enlil)

14. Northern Mesopotamia and Syria Ebla Mari

15. Babylonia Kish