Antiquity
Sumerian City-States
- Period
- 3400 BC – 1761 BC
- Duration
- approx. 1,639 years
- Greatest extent
- around 2500 BC
- Area (max.)
- approx. 107,000 km²
Period and duration
Sumerian City-States — according to the map data from 3400 BC to 1761 BC, roughly 1,639 years. The dates refer to the time the empire is drawn as its own territory on the world map; historians sometimes date its founding and end differently.
Greatest extent
Sumerian City-States — greatest extent around 2500 BC: the mapped borders then cover about 107,000 km², roughly 0.1% of Earth's land area. The area is calculated from the border lines of the map and is therefore an approximation.
Predecessors and successors
States that ruled the same territory directly before and after:
Before (3401 BC)
No predecessors in the map data.
After
Neighbours around 2500 BC
The largest states in the region at the same time:
No neighbouring states in the map data.
Learn more
- Open the world map in 2500 BC — tap the empire for a detailed description
- Sumerian City-States on Wikipedia
- All 371 empires at a glance
Borders and dates: Cliopatria / Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coastlines: Natural Earth. Text: Centaurian.