Third Dynasty of Ur

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2112 BC – 2004 BC · up to 297 thousand km² · Middle East

The Third Dynasty of Ur or Ur III was a Mesopotamian dynasty based in the city of Ur in the 21st century BC. For a short period they were the preeminent power in Mesopotamia and their realm is sometimes referred to by historians as the Neo-Sumerian Empire.

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Successors: Old Babylonian Empire

Events on its territory

• c. 2100 BC The Code of Ur-Nammu
• c. 2100 BC The first poems of Gilgamesh
• c. 2100 BC Great Ziggurat of Ur
• c. 2100 BC The Sumerian King List
• c. 2004 BC The Elamites sack Ur