Editing History of Sumer (section)

== Timeline ==
<div class="center">
<timeline>
ImageSize = width:800 height:75
PlotArea  = left:25 right:15 bottom:20 top:25
AlignBars = justify

Colors =
    id:time value:rgb(0.7,0.7,1) #
    id:period value:rgb(1,0.7,0.5) #
    id:age value:rgb(0.95,0.85,0.5) #
    id:era value:rgb(1,0.85,0.5) #
    id:eon value:rgb(1,0.85,0.7) #
    id:filler value:gray(0.8) # background bar
    id:black value:black

Period     = from:-5300 till:-1940
TimeAxis   = orientation:horizontal
ScaleMajor = unit:year increment:200 start:-5300
ScaleMinor = unit:year increment:50 start:-5300

PlotData =
  align:center textcolor:black fontsize:10 mark:(line,black) width:15 shift:(0,-5)

  bar:&nbsp; color:era
  from:-5300 till:-4100 shift:(0,0) text:[[Ubaid period]]~([[Chalcolithic]])
  from:-4100 till:-2900 shift:(-20,0) text:[[Uruk period]]~[[Chalcolithic|(Late Chalcolithic)]]
  from:-4100 till:-3300 shift:(-20,10) text:[[Uruk|Uruk XIV-V]]
  from:-3300 till:-3000 shift:(0,5) text:[[Uruk|Uruk IV]]
  from:-3100 till:-2900 shift:(0,-7) text: [[Uruk|Uruk III]]
  from:-2334 till:-2218 shift:(0,-7) text:[[Akkadian Empire|Akkadian]]
  from:-2218 till:-2047 shift:(0,5) text:[[Gutian period|Gutian]]
  from:-2047 till:-1940 shift:(7,-7) text:[[Ur III period|Ur III]]

  bar:&nbsp; color:eon
  from:-2900  till:-2334 shift:(0,17) text:"[[Early Dynastic Period of Sumer|Early Dynastic period]]"
  from:-2900 till:-2800 shift:(0,7) text:I
  from:-2800 till:-2600 shift:(0,7) text:II
  from:-2600 till:-2500 shift:(0,7) text:IIIa
  from:-2500 till:-2334 shift:(0,7) text:IIIb
</timeline>
</div>
:::''Dates are approximate information, consult particular article for details''
::: <small>Uruk III = [[Jemdet Nasr period]]</small>