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horizons | frame | phases | strata | ||||||||||
middle chronology | Mesopotamia | Urkesh | MZA | Mesopotamia | Urkesh | Syria | MZA | ||||||
politics | religion | Hr | Ph | history | archaeology | ||||||||
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9z | ||||||||||||
1900 AD | 9 | m | Mozan | 1-19 | |||||||||
medieval | h | 20-39 | |||||||||||
late antique | c | 40-59 | |||||||||||
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8z | ||||||||||||
1307-1275 | Middle Assyrian | scattered occupation | 8 | Adad-nirari I | Late Bronze | 60-99 | |||||||
(1365)-1330 | Asshur-uballit | ||||||||||||
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7z | ||||||||||||
1365-1335 | Mittani | royal
sanctuary and open air use of the ābi |
7 | v | Shattiwaza Tushratta/Shattiwaza Tushratta/Shattiwaza Tushratta/Shattiwaza Tushratta |
breakdown of the tradition | Nuzi/LB | 100-139 | |||||
1380 | s | Shuttarna II | use of re-organized western Temple Terrace | ||||||||||
1400 | m | Artatama I | the great shift | 140- | |||||||||
1450 | j | Saushtatar | de-emphasis of eastern portion | 170- | |||||||||
f | beginning of filling in of Plaza | ||||||||||||
1500 | c | Parattarna I | attempts at protecting NW terrace | 180- | |||||||||
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1600 | Khana | reluctant vassal | 6 | m | Terru Haziran | Khabur/MB/OJ 2 | 200-299 | ||||||
h | Zimri-Lim | ||||||||||||
1800 | c | Shamshi-Adad | |||||||||||
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5z | ||||||||||||
1900 | retrenchment | localized power |
5 | m | Isin-Larsa | OJ I | 300-399 | ||||||
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2000 | c | Ur III | Atal-šen | Early Jezirah V | |||||||||
Sadar-mat | |||||||||||||
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4z | ||||||||||||
2100 | imperial | alliance and dynastic marriages with Akkad |
the ābi from open air to covered structure |
4 | Post-Imperial | EJ IVb | 400-499 | ||||||
2200 | r | Šar-kali-šarri | Išar-kinum | ||||||||||
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2230 | m | late Naram-Sin | Tar’am-Agade | ||||||||||
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2270 | j | early Naram-Sin | Tupkish | EJ IVa | 500-599 | ||||||||
2290 | f | Sargon Manishtushu, Rimush |
Tish-atal (?) | ||||||||||
2330 | proto-imperial | escarpment 2 | |||||||||||
2400 | c | ED IIIb | BA – Temple Terrace | EJ IIIb | |||||||||
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3z | ||||||||||||
2500 | proto-urban | beginning of political power? |
reorganization of Temple Terrace |
3 | m | ED IIIa | EJ IIIa | 600-699 | |||||
2600 | |||||||||||||
h | ED II | EJ II/late Nin.V | |||||||||||
2800 | |||||||||||||
c | ED I | EJ I/early Nin.V | |||||||||||
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2z | ||||||||||||
2900 | proto-literate | expansion of sacral institutions |
2 | r | J Nasr/post-Uruk | EJ0, pre Nin.V | 700-799 | ||||||
3000 | p | Late Uruk | LC5 | ||||||||||
3400 | m | Late Middle Uruk | LC4 | 800-899 | |||||||||
3600 | h | Early Middle Uruk | early Terrace – B8 | LC3 | |||||||||
3800 | c | Early Uruk | LC2 | ||||||||||
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1z | ||||||||||||
4000 | prehistory | sacral origins? | 1 | r | Late Ubaid | LC1 | 900-999 | ||||||
4200 | p | Early Ubaid | |||||||||||
4500 | m | Late Halaf | |||||||||||
4800 | h | Early Halaf | |||||||||||
5000 | c | Proto-Halaf |
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(Last updated (format): ZI528, ZJ328 – mDP)]
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