Mesopotamian

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

Temple of Marduk (Esagila): Constructions, Rituals, and Restorations (c. 1894 BCE–539 BCE)

1792 BCE - 450 BCE

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

2900 BCE - 1922

The Code of Hammurabi: Compilation and Reception (c. 1760–1500 BCE)

1792 BCE - 1902

The Gutian Invasion and the Collapse of Akkadian Hegemony (c. 2193–2119 BCE)

2193 BCE - 2112 BCE

Trade Networks and Long-Distance Commerce in the Akkadian Period (c. 2350–2150 BCE)

2334 BCE - 2150 BCE

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)