Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Styles and Periods Facet
3. Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)
4. [styles, periods, and cultures by region]
5. Early Western World
6. Near Eastern (Early Western World)
7. Mesopotamian (culture or style)
8. prehistoric Mesopotamian periods
9. prehistoric Southern Mesopotamian periods

Narrower term/s

• Uruk
• Jamdat Nasr

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the period in southern Mesopotamia, roughly between 4000 and 2900 BCE, during which developments such as the invention of writing and cylinder seals, the emergence of large cities, the establishment of widespread trade, and the appearance of monumental public buildings occurred.