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
10. Protoliterate

Anotations

Scope note:

Refers to the Protoliterate period from about 4000 to 2900 BCE, in southern Mesopotamia, named after the site of Uruk. During this period 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.