HISTORICAL PHASES AND KINGS OF
THE THIRD MILLENNIUM BC
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Table 0.2
Dates BC(all dates Historical phase including kings (if known)
are approximate)
3150 / 3100 – 2900 Jamdat Nasr Period (‘Uruk III’)
2900 – 2600 Early Dynastic I–II
2600 – 2500 Early Dynastic IIIa
2500 – 2350 Early Dynastic IIIb
Early Dynastic rulers in selection
Ur I Lagasˇ I Proposed ED IIIa/IIIb?
Synchronisms
Meskalamdug Ur-Nansˇe Ur-Nansˇe and ED IIIb begins
‘king of Kisˇ’ Akurgal = either with
Akurgal Meskalamdug Ur-Nansˇe of Lagasˇ
Akalamdug and Akalamdug or with
‘king of Ur’ Eannatum Mesanepada of
(Meskalamdug’s Mesanepada of Ur and Eannatum
son?) Enannatum I Ur = Eannatum of Lagasˇ
of Lagasˇ
Mesanepada Enmetena
‘king of Ur’, son
of Meskalamdug Enannatum II
Aanepada, ‘king Enentarzid
of Ur’ son of
Mesanepada Lugalanda