@historyfiles.bsky.socialJemdet Nasr: this provides the type site for the eponymous #JemdetNasr period in #Mesopotamia history, otherwise known as the #UrukIII period as it succeeded #UrukIV period dominance.
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@historyfiles.bsky.socialUruk III / #JemdetNasr: the #UrukIII period which succeeded #UrukIV saw #Uruk itself being fully reconstructed, with Uruk-form tablets disappearing outside of southern #Mesopotamia.
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@historyfiles.bsky.social#UrukIV Period: at its start c.3900-3800 BC the number & size of settlements vastly & enthusiastically increased, especially in two regions in southern #Mesopotamia: central & south #Sumer.
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@historyfiles.bsky.socialSippar: evidence shows that this was occupied from the #UrukIV period, actually two cities named #Sippar, now known as the #archaeological mounds of #TellAbuHabbah and #ed-Der.
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