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Uruk Period: First Urban Centers

The rise of Uruk and Mesopotamian city-states marks humanity's transition to true urbanism, organized government, and the first recorded competitive governance.

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The Uruk period is a period of the protohistoric Chalcolithic to Early Bronze Age in Mesopotamia and the ancient Near East. It follows the Ubaid period and precedes the Jemdet Nasr period. In the broadest sense, this period coincides with the 4th millennium BC. Uruk culture is also used to refer to the culture originating in Lower Mesopotamia during this period.

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