Editing Uruk (section)

===Archaeological levels of Uruk===
Archeologists have discovered multiple cities of Uruk built atop each other in chronological order.<ref name="Charvát2002" >{{Cite book | last = Charvát | first = Petr | author2 = Zainab Bahrani | author2-link = Zainab Bahrani | author3 = Marc Van de Mieroop | title = Mesopotamia Before History | publisher = Routledge | year = 2002 | location = London | url = https://archive.org/details/MesopotamiaBeforeHistory/mode/2up | isbn = 0-415-25104-4}}</ref>
* Uruk XVIII Eridu period ({{circa}} 5000&nbsp;BCE): the founding of Uruk
* Uruk XVIII–XVI Late Ubaid period (4800–4200&nbsp;BCE)
* Uruk XVI–X Early Uruk period (4000–3800&nbsp;BCE)
* Uruk IX–VI Middle Uruk period (3800–3400&nbsp;BCE)
* Uruk V–IV Late Uruk period (3400–3100&nbsp;BCE): the earliest monumental temples of Eanna District are built
* Uruk III Jemdet Nasr period (3100–2900&nbsp;BCE): the 9&nbsp;km city wall is built
* Uruk II
* Uruk I