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Early Dynastic I period
c. 2900 BCE – c. 2700 BCE
A map detailing the locations of various archaeological sites occupied by the archaeological culture of the Early Dynastic I period.
Location	Mesopotamia
Monarch(s)	Gilgamesh
Leader(s)	Enmebaragesi, Aga
Key events	Siege of Uruk
Chronology Jemdet Nasr period Early Dynastic II period

Population

Population density standards

Author	People Per Hectare (pph) estimates
Tertius Chandler	75—200
Fekri Hassan	100
Robert McCormick Adams Jr.	100—200
George Modelski	100—200
Colin Renfrew	200
Colin McEvedy	250
Max Mallowan	400—500
Yigael Yadin	600
Paul Bairoch	400—700
Giovanni Pettinato	714
Henri Frankfort	75—494
Hans Jörg Nissen	100—200
Ruth Whitehouse	75—400

Estimated global population throughout the Stone and Bronze Ages

Further information: Estimates of historical world population

Millennium BCE	McEvedy & Jones	Gapminder	HYDE
3rd millennium BCE	14,000,000	14,000,000	45,000,000
2nd millennium BCE	27,000,000	27,000,000	72,000,000

Estimated settlement sizes (in hectares)

Estimated settlement sizes during the 29th century BCE

Settlement	Adams	Wright
Uruk	400 hectares (43,000,000 square feet)
Ur		21 hectares (2,300,000 square feet)

Estimated settlement sizes during the 28th century BCE

Settlement	Bahn	Adams
Uruk	550 ha (59,000,000 sq ft)	400 ha (43,000,000 sq ft)
Kish	60 ha (6,500,000 sq ft)
Shuruppak	40 ha (4,300,000 sq ft)—200 ha (22,000,000 sq ft)
Umma	40 ha (4,300,000 sq ft)—200 ha (22,000,000 sq ft)
Nippur	50 ha (5,400,000 sq ft)
Adab	50 ha (5,400,000 sq ft)
Bad-tibira	25 ha (2,700,000 sq ft)
Ur	21 ha (2,300,000 sq ft)
Kesh	10 ha (1,100,000 sq ft)
Isin	10 ha (1,100,000 sq ft)

Estimated settlement populations

Estimated settlement populations during the 29th century BCE

Settlement	Adams	Wright
Uruk	40,000—50,000
Ur		6,000

Estimated settlement populations during the 28th century BCE

Settlement	Hassan	Chandler	Modelski	Bairoch
Uruk	40,000	55,000	80,000	82,500
Kish			40,000
Umma			26,000
Shuruppak			20,000
Nagar			20,000
Bad-tibira			16,000
Nippur			13,000
Adab			11,000

Dating, periodization, and extent

Periodization, chronology, and timeline

Periodization

Century	Age	Division	Sub-division	Period	Sub-period
29th century BCE	Bronze Age	Early Bronze Age (EBA)	EBA I	Early Dynastic period (ED)	EDI
28th century BCE

Timeline

Legend:

• Red denotes rulers from Eridu
• Orange denotes rulers from Bad-tibira
• Yellow denotes rulers from Larak
• Lime denotes rulers from Sippar
• Green denotes rulers from Shuruppak
• Blue denotes rulers from Kish
• Purple denotes rulers from Kuara
• Magenta denotes rulers from Uruk
• Black denotes rulers from Ebla

Location, environment, and extent

Environment

Subregion	Ecoregion	Basin	Governorate	District	Site
Upper Mesopotamia	Middle East steppe	Upper Zab	Erbil	Erbil	Erbil
		Upper Tigris	Nineveh	Mosul	Nineveh
		Middle Tigris	Saladin	Samarra	Samarra
Central Mesopotamia	Mesopotamian shrub desert	Diyala	Diyala	Ba'quba	Eshnunna
					Aqrab
		Middle Euphrates	Babylon	Al-Hilla	Kish
				Al-Mahawil	Urum
Lower Mesopotamia	Mesopotamian marshes	Lower Tigris	Al-Qadisiyyah	Afak	Nippur
		Lower Euphrates	Muthanna	Al-Samawa	Uruk
			Dhi Qar	Al-Shatrah	Girsu
				Nasiriyah	Ur
					Eridu
					Tell al-'Ubaid

Architecture

Further information: Architecture of Mesopotamia

Tells, mudbrick houses, and reed huts

Further information: Houses in ancient Sumeria and Tell (archaeology)

Temples, ziggurats, and religious beliefs

Further information: É (temple), Ziggurat, and Sumerian religion

Culture

Arts and crafts

Pottery, tableware, drinkware, stemware, and utensils

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Statues, statuettes, and other sculptures

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Stelae

Further information: Stelae

Stele of Ushumgal

Main article: Stele of Ushumgal

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Boundary markers

Further information: Boundary markers

Blau Monuments

Main article: Blau Monuments

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References

Sources

Bibliography

Further reading

External links