Overview
The history of Sumer spans through the 5th to 3rd millennia BCE in southern Mesopotamia, and is taken to include the prehistoric Ubaid and Uruk periods. Sumer was the region's earliest known civilization and ended with the downfall of the Third Dynasty of Ur around 2004 BCE. It was followed by a transitional period of Amorite states before the rise of Babylonia in the 19th century BCE. The oldest known settlement in southern Mesopotamia is Tell el-'Oueili. The Sumerians claimed that their civilization had been brought, fully formed, to the city of Eridu by their god Enki or by his advisor (or Abgallu from ab=water, gal=big, lu=man), Adapa U-an (the Oannes of Berossus). The first people at Eridu brought with.
Historical Periods
Sumerian City-States (-3400–-3201)
3400 BCE – 3201 BCE
Area: 22,012 km²
Sumerian City-States (-3200–-3001)
3200 BCE – 3001 BCE
Area: 35,615 km²
Sumerian City-States (-3000–-2701)
3000 BCE – 2701 BCE
Area: 45,290 km²
Sumerian City-States (-2700–-2501)
2700 BCE – 2501 BCE
Area: 80,618 km²
Sumerian City-States (-2500–-2301)
2500 BCE – 2301 BCE
Area: 106,576 km²
Sumerian City-States (-2300–-2251)
2300 BCE – 2251 BCE
Area: 8,294 km²
Sumerian City-States (-2100–-2001)
2100 BCE – 2001 BCE
Area: 12,568 km²
Sumerian City-States (-2000–-1801)
2000 BCE – 1801 BCE
Area: 53,983 km²
Sumerian City-States (-1800–-1761)
1800 BCE – 1761 BCE
Area: 48,484 km²