event · evt_egyfull_world_ur_iii
Ur III state and administrative system
The Ur III state developed extensive administrative documentation and provincial organization.
What is the evidence?
observation
The Ur III state developed extensive administrative documentation and provincial organization.Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
2112 BCE–2004 BCE
Precision: range
highPreferred display range for this release. It does not suppress model-specific dates, regnal uncertainty or alternative period boundaries recorded elsewhere.
- supports · provides world context
History and Philology — Walther Sallaberger, Ingo Schrakamp (editors) (2015)Supports broad framing.
Locator: Ur III chronology and administration
Interpretation and caveats
Included for world comparison during Egypt's First Intermediate to Middle Kingdom transition; no direct institutional borrowing is asserted.
Event context
Classification
Event type: major world context state system
Evidence layer: historical and archaeological
Timeline role: general world context
Why it matters to the timeline
Contemporaneous major state system presented without unsupported causal linkage.
Research notes
- Supports broad framing. Role: provides world context. Locator: Ur III chronology and administration.
Evidence and sources
- supports · provides world context
History and Philology — Walther Sallaberger, Ingo Schrakamp (editors) (2015)Supports broad framing.
Locator: Ur III chronology and administration