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Architectural organization

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Examples

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Sortable table of archaeological sites

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Name Approx. date(s) of occupation Historical urban community sizes
  •   Denotes an archaeological site that was occupied primarily by Sumerians during the Ubaid period (c. 6500 – c. 4200 BCE).
  •   Denotes an archaeological site that was occupied primarily by Sumerians during the Uruk period (c. 4200 – c. 3100 BCE).
  •   Denotes an archaeological site that was occupied primarilby Sumerians during the Jemdet Nasr period (c. 3100 – c. 2900 BCE).
  •   Denotes an archaeological site that was occupied primariby Sumerians during the Early Dynastic period (c. 2900 – c. 2334 BCE).
  •   Denotes an archaeological site that was occupied primarily by Sumerians during the Akkadian period (c. 2334 – c. 2154 BCE).
  •   Denotes an archaeological site that was occupied primarily by Sumerians during the Gutian period (c. 2154 – c. 2119 BCE).
  •   Denotes an archaeological site that was occupied primarily by Sumerians during the Ur III period (c. 2119 – c. 2004 BCE).
  •   Denotes an archaeological site that was occupied primarily by Akkadians.
  •   Denotes an archaeological site that was occupied primarily by Amorites.
  •   Denotes an archaeological site that was occupied primarily by Lullubi.
  •   Denotes an archaeological site that was occupied primarily by Elamites.
Adab[i][ii] c. 3100 – c. 1760 BCE
Akkad[iii] c. 2440 – c. 1897 BCE
Akshak[iv] c. 2900 – c. 2330 BCE
Bad-tibira[v] c. 3100 – c. 1739 BCE
Borsippa[vi] c. 2112 – c. 31 BCE
Der[vii] c. 2900 – c. 539 BCE
Dilbat[viii] c. 2700 – c. 31 BCE
Diniktum[ix] c. 5400 – c. 1698 BCE
Eresh[x] c. 3100 – c. 609 BCE
Eridu[xi] c. 5400 – c. 539 BCE
Eshnunna[xii] c. 3000 – c. 1155 BCE
Girsu[xiii] c. 5300 – c. 200 BCE
Isin[xiv] c. 3500 – c. 486 BCE
Kesh[xv] c. 3100 – c. 31 BCE
Kish[xvi] c. 5500 BCE – c. 1258 CE
Kisurra[xvii] c. 2700 – c. 1712 BCE
Kuara[xviii] c. 2900 – c. 705 BCE
Kutha[xix] c. 2334 – c. 31 BCE
Lagash[xx] c. 3350 – c. 2023 BCE
Larak[xxi] c. 5400 – c. 2830 BCE
Larsa[xxii] c. 3350 – c. 100 BCE
Marad[xxiii] c. 2700 – c. 486 BCE
Mashkan-shapir[xxiv] c. 5400 – c. 1720 BCE
Nerebtum[xxv] c. 2334 – c. 626 BCE
Malgium[xxvi] c. 2112 – c. 1750 BCE
Nippur[xxvii] c. 4800 BCE – c. 1229 CE
Puzrish-Dagan[xxviii] c. 2900 BCE – c. 651 CE
Rapiqum[xxix] c. 2112 – c. 626 BCE
Shuruppak[xxx] c. 3000 – c. 1837 BCE
Sippar[xxxi] c. 4000 – c. 562 BCE
Sirara[xxxii] c. 2500 – c. 31 BCE
Tutub[xxxiii] c. 4000 – c. 1726 BCE
Umma[xxxiv] c. 4000 – c. 1866 BCE
Ur[xxxv] c. 5400 – c. 530 BCE
Uruk[xxxvi] c. 5000 BCE – c. 633 CE
Urum[xxxvii] c. 5500 – c. 562 BCE
Zabala[xxxviii] c. 3100 – c. 1750 BCE

Table of locations in modern geopolitical regions

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Governorate District Subdistrict
Diyala Balad Ruz Mandali
Ba'quba Buhriz
Al-Mada'in Al-Wahda
Babylon Al-Mahawil Al-Nil
Kotha Jablah
Maysan Amarah Amarah
Wasit Al-Nu'maniya Al-Ahrar
Badra Badra
Al-Fajr Al-Fajr
Muthanna Al-Khidhir Al-Khidhir
Dhi Qar Al-Rifa'i Al-Nasr
Al-Dawayah Al-Dawayah
Qalat Sukkar Qalat Sukkar
Nasiriyah Al-Nasiriyah
Al-Batha
Suq al-Shuyukh Al-Fadhliyah

Clickable map of archaeological sites

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A clickable map of the (present-day) Republic of Iraq detailing archaeological sites that were occupied during the EDIIIb.

Population estimates

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Measurement units and conversion

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Acres Hectares
Square feet 1 acre (44,000 square feet) 1 hectare (110,000 square feet)
Acres 1 acre (1.0 acre) 1 acre (0.40 hectares)
Hectares 1 hectare (2.5 acres) 1 hectare (1.0 hectare)
Square kilometers 1 square kilometre (250 acres) 1 square kilometre (100 hectares)
Square miles 1 square mile (640 acres) 1 square mile (260 hectares)

Population density

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Author Discipline Publication year Period covered Region covered People Per Hectare (pph)
Chandler Historian 1987 Ancient Near East 75—200
Hassan Geoarchaeologist 1978 Bronze Age Asia 100
Adams Anthropologist 1966 Sumer 100—200
Modelski Political scientist 1997 Ancient Southwest Asia 100—200
Renfrew Paleolinguist Early Holocene Eurasia 200
McEvedy Demographer 1967 Meghalayan Old World 250
Mallowan Levantine archaeologist 1967 Bronze Age Iraq 400—500
Yadin Judaic archaeologist 1963 Ancient Levant 600
Bairoch Economic historian 1988 Ancient Mediterranean 400—700
Pettinato Paleographer 1981 Ancient Syria 714
Frankfort Orientalist 1948 Early Dynastic Mesopotamia 75—494
Wright Near Eastern archaeologist 1981 Northgrippian Sumer
Nissen Archaeologist 1972 Bronze Age Lower Mesopotamia 100—200
Whitehouse 1977 Bronze Age Asia 75—400

Estimated settlement sizes (in hectares)

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Settlement Nissen Pettinato Mallowan Adams Roux
Eridu 50—500
Bad-tibira 25 50—500
Larak 50—500
Sippar 50—500
Shuruppak 100
Kish 84+ 50—500
Uruk 250 400 50—500
Ur 50 50—500
Nippur 50 50—500
Girsu 50—500
Lagash 50—500
Umma 400 50—500
Kesh 40—200 50—500
Adab 40—200 50—500
Isin 50—500
Larsa 50—500
Zabala 40—200 50—500
Akshak 50—500
Shekhna 100
Nagar 75—100
Ebla 56
Anshan

Estimated settlement populations

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Early Dynastic period of Mesopotamia
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Main article: Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)
Early Dynastic I period of Mesopotamia
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Early Dynastic II period of Mesopotamia
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Early Dynastic IIIa period of Mesopotamia
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Early Dynastic IIIb period of Mesopotamia
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Settlement Pettinato Chandler Whitehouse Frankfort McEvedy Thompson Modelski
Eridu 10,000—20,000
Bad-tibira 10,000—20,000 10,000—20,000
Larak 10,000—20,000
Sippar 10,000—20,000 10,000—20,000
Shuruppak 10,000—20,000 10,000—30,000 17,000
Kish 10,000—20,000 20,000 25,000
Uruk 50,000 50,000 30,000—40,000 50,000
Ur 10,000—20,000 10,000—15,000 10,000
Adab 10,000—20,000 10,000—20,000 13,000
Akshak 10,000—20,000 10,000—20,000
Isin
Larsa 10,000—20,000 10,000
Girsu 40,000—80,000
Lagash 10,000—20,000 19,000 10,000—15,000 30,000—60,000 40,000
Umma 10,000—20,000 16,000 10,000—15,000 40,000 34,000
Eshnunna 9,000
Tutub 12,000
Nippur 10,000—20,000 20,000 20,000
Kesh 10,000 11,000
Zabala 10,000
Assur
Nineveh
Akkad
Mari 40,000
Ebla ≤40,000 30,000
Shekhna 20,000
Nagar 10,000—15,000 15,000
Tell Chuera
Anshan 10,000
Susa 10,000—15,000
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See also

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References

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Notes

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  1. ^ ; adabki
  2. ^ Adab (Sumerian: 𒌓𒉣𒆠, romanized: Eridu; transliterated: adabki; Arabic: تل أبو شهرين, romanized: Tell Abu Shahrain) was occupied from the Jemdet Nasr (c. 3100 – c. 2900 BCE) to Old Babylonian period (c. 1894 – c. 1595 BCE).
  3. ^ Sumerian: 𒀀𒂵𒉈𒆠, romanized: Agade; transliterated: a.ga.de₃ki; Akkadian: 𒌵𒆠, romanized: Agade; transliterated: uriki
  4. ^ 𒌔𒆠; akšakki
  5. ^ 𒂦𒁾𒉄𒆠; bad₃.tibiraki
  6. ^ 𒂦𒋛𒀊𒁀𒆠; bad₃.si.ab.baki
  7. ^ 𒂦𒀭𒆠; ezen×bad-anki
  8. ^ 𒀸𒁁𒆠; dil.batki
  9. ^ 𒁲𒉌𒅅𒌈𒆠; di.ni.ik.tumki
  10. ^ 𒉀𒆠; ereš₂ki
  11. ^ Eridu (Sumerian: 𒉣𒆠, romanized: Eridu; transliterated: eridugki; Arabic: تل أبو شهرين, romanized: Tell Abu Shahrain) was occupied from the Early Ubaid (c. 5400 – c. 4700 BCE) to Neo-Babylonian period (c. 626 – c. 539 BCE).
  12. ^ 𒀊𒉣𒈾𒆠; eš₃.nun.naki
  13. ^ 𒄈𒋢𒆠; ŋir₂.suki
  14. ^ 𒅔𒆠; isin₂ki
  15. ^ 𒋙𒀭𒄲𒆠; keš₃ki
  16. ^ 𒆧𒆠; kiški
  17. ^ 𒆠𒋩𒊏𒆠; ki.sur.raki
  18. ^ 𒀀𒄩𒆠; kuara₂ki
  19. ^ 𒆧𒀕𒀕; kiš-abg
  20. ^ 𒉢𒁓𒆷𒆠; lagaški
  21. ^ 𒆷𒊏𒀝𒆠; la.ra.agki
  22. ^ 𒌓𒀕𒆠; larsamki
  23. ^ 𒀫𒁕𒆠; marad.daki
  24. ^ 𒈦𒃷𒉺𒀠𒆠; maš.gan₂.šabraki
  25. ^ 𒉈𒊑𒅁𒌈𒆠; ne.ri.ib.tumki
  26. ^ 𒈠𒀠𒄀𒅎𒆠; ma.al.gi.imki
  27. ^ 𒂗𒆤𒆠; nibruki
  28. ^ 𒅤𒊭𒅖𒀭𒁕𒃶𒆠; puzur₄.iš.dda.ganki
  29. ^ 𒊏𒁉𒄣𒆠; ra.pi₂.qumki
  30. ^ 𒋢𒆳𒊒𒆠; šuruppagki
  31. ^ 𒌓𒄒𒉣𒆠; zimbirki
  32. ^ 𒌓𒈣𒀏𒋳𒆠; sirara₃ki
  33. ^ 𒌅𒌅𒌒𒁀𒆠; tu.tu.ub.baki
  34. ^ 𒄑𒆵𒆠; ummaki
  35. ^ 𒋀𒀕𒆠; urim₂ki
  36. ^ 𒀕𒆠; unugki
  37. ^ 𒌑𒊒𒌝𒆠; u₂.ru.umki
  38. ^ 𒀊𒈹; zabala₆ki

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