Sumerians

Canal Building and Irrigation Administration in Southern Sumer (c. 3500–2000 BCE)

3500 BCE - 2004 BCE

Eridu: Temple City and Early Sumerian Settlement Sequence (c. 5400–2000 BCE)

5400 BCE - 2016

Lagash under Eannatum and Urukagina: State Formation and Reform (c. 2450–2350 BCE)

2454 BCE - 2351 BCE

Proto-cuneiform to Standard Cuneiform: Development of Sumerian Writing (c. 3400–2000 BCE)

3500 BCE - 2100 BCE

Sumerian Cylinder Seals: Iconography and Workshop Production (c. 3500–2000 BCE)

3500 BCE - 2010

Sumerian Legal Practices: Contracts, Oath Formulas, and Court Cases (c. 2500–2000 BCE)

2420 BCE - 2004 BCE

Sumerian Literature: Hymns, Laments, and Early Gilgamesh Traditions (c. 2600–1800 BCE)

2600 BCE - 1800 BCE

Sumerian Royal Inscriptions and Monumental Architecture (c. 2600–2000 BCE)

2450 BCE - 2004 BCE

Sumerian Trade Networks and Long-Distance Exchange (c. 3500–2000 BCE)

3500 BCE - 2000 BCE

Sumerians and the Akkadian Empire: Conflict, Integration, and Cultural Exchange (c. 2350–2100 BCE)

2350 BCE - 2100 BCE

Temple Complex of Inanna at Uruk: Cult, Architecture, and Ritual (c. 4000–2000 BCE)

4000 BCE - 2000 BCE

The City-State of Ur during the Early Dynastic and Ur III Periods (c. 2900–2000 BCE)

2900 BCE - 1922

Umma–Lagash Border Wars and the Stele of the Vultures (c. 2500–2300 BCE)

2600 BCE - 2026

Ur III Dynasty: Administration, Law, and Economic Records (c. 2112–2004 BCE)

2112 BCE - 2004 BCE

Uruk: Urban Growth and Institutional Development (c. 4000–3100 BCE)