See here for the principles underlying the system.
MZA: Full Landscape
MZA: Full Portrait
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horizons |
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horizon | phase |
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phases |
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strata |
middle chr |
Mesopotamia |
Urkesh |
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MZA |
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AAC |
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Mesopotamia |
Urkesh |
Jezirah |
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MZA |
name |
politics |
religion |
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history |
structures |
items |
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1900 AD |
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m |
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Mozan |
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1-19 |
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medieval |
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h |
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a |
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20-39 |
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late antiq. |
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c |
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40-59 |
. |
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8z |
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1307-1275 |
Middle Assyrian |
foreign |
scattered occupation |
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Adad-nirari I |
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Late Bronze |
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60-99 |
(1365)-1330 |
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Asshur-uballit |
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west of Plaza (?) |
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7z |
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1365-1335 |
Mittani |
royal sanctuary |
retrenchment to west and open air use of the abi |
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v |
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Shattiwaza Tushratta |
breakdown of the tradition |
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Nuzi/LB |
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100-139 |
1380 |
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s |
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Shuttarna II |
use of re-organized western Terrace |
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1400 |
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Artatama I |
the great shift |
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140- |
1450 |
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Saushtatar |
de-emphasis of eastern portion |
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170- |
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beginning of filling in of Plaza |
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1500 |
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Parattarna I |
attempts at protecting NW terrace |
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180- |
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6z |
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1600 |
Khana |
provincial status |
reluctant vassal |
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m |
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c |
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burials |
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Khabur/MB/OJ 2 |
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200-299 |
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Zimri-Lim |
Terru. Haziran |
dumps |
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1800 |
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Shamshi-Adad |
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kilns |
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5z |
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1900 |
retrenchment |
urban contraction |
localized power |
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Isin-Larsa |
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OJ I |
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300-399 |
2000 |
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Ur III |
Atal-šen, Pussham |
eastern Plaza |
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Early Jez.V |
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Sadar-mat |
outdoor above Palace |
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4z |
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2100 |
imperial |
great alliances |
Tupkish and Tar’am-Agade: dynastic marriages with Akkad |
the abi from open air to covered structure |
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Post-Imperial |
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EJ IVb |
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400-499 |
2200 |
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Šar-kali-šarri |
Išar-kinum |
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2230 |
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m |
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late Naram-Sin |
Tar'am-Agade |
palace |
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2270 |
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early Naram-Sin |
Tupkish |
palace |
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EJ IVa |
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500-599 |
2290 |
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f |
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Sargon, M., R. |
Tish-atal (?) |
temple BA remodel ? |
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2330 |
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proto-imperial |
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c |
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ED III late |
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accumulations |
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2400 |
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b |
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destruction of BA, K1 |
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a |
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2nd escarpment, flanking wall |
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EJ IIIb |
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3z |
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proto-urban |
urban growth |
expansion and beginning of political power? |
reorganiz-ation of Temple Terrace |
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ED III mid |
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use, water damage |
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600-749 |
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ED III mid |
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use, water damage |
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m |
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ED III early |
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construction BA and early escarpment |
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OH2 |
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2600 |
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ED II |
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floors |
Nin V undec., template |
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KW?, floors |
Nin V inc. & exc. fine |
EJ II/late Nin.V |
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ED I |
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floors |
Nin V fine incised |
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b |
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floors |
Nin V painted |
EJ I/early Nin.V |
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2z |
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2900 |
proto-literate |
Temple terrace |
expansion of sacral institutions |
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J Nasr/post-Uruk |
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EJ0, pre Nin.V |
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750-799 |
3000 |
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Late Uruk |
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LC5 |
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3400 |
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Late Middle Uruk |
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LC4 |
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800-899 |
3600 |
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Early Middle Uruk |
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early Terrace – B8 |
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LC3 |
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3800 |
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Early Uruk |
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LC2 |
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1z |
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4000 |
prehistory |
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sacral origins? |
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r |
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Late Ubaid |
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LC1 |
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900-999 |
4200 |
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Early Ubaid |
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4500 |
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Late Halaf |
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4800 |
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h |
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Early Halaf |
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5000 |
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Proto-Halaf |
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