Realm · 3400–1761 BCE
Sumerian City-States
Sumerian City-States appears on the map from 3400 BCE to 1761 BCE. At its greatest recorded extent, in 2100 BCE, it covered about 131,488 km².
One of the realms of Sumerian city-states. Sumer, in the marshy south of Mesopotamia (modern Iraq), was home to the world's first cities. Between about 3500 and 3000 BCE towns such as Uruk grew into cities of tens of thousands, organised around temples that managed irrigation, grain and trade.
See Sumerian City-States on the map in 2100 BCE
- On the map
- 3400–1761 BCE
- Greatest extent
- 2100 BCE, about 131,488 km²
- Read more
- Wikipedia: History of Sumer · Wikidata Q2345840
Territory through time
| Years | Area drawn |
|---|---|
| 3400–3201 BCE | 22,012 km² |
| 3200–3001 BCE | 35,615 km² |
| 3000–2701 BCE | 45,290 km² |
| 2700–2501 BCE | 80,618 km² |
| 2500–2301 BCE | 106,576 km² |
| 2300–2251 BCE | 8,294 km² |
| 2100–2001 BCE | 12,568 km² |
| 2100–2001 BCE | 131,488 km² |
| 2000–1801 BCE | 53,983 km² |
| 1800–1761 BCE | 48,484 km² |
Related
- Sumerian city-states empire
- The world in 3000 BCE: The First Kings chapter