Other Archaeological Sites / The Neolithic of the Levant (500
Page Book Online) Jemdet Nasr Period Site between Baghdad and
Babylon in southern Iraq which has given its name both to a
painted ware characterized by red and black designs on a buff
background and to the period when this pottery was in use. This
period falls between the Uruk Period and the Early Dynastic
Period and is usually dated to the late 4th millennium BC. The
period is characterized by increasing populations, the
development of more extensive irrigation systems, towns
dominated by temples and the increased use of writing and
cylinder seals; increasing trade and more specialization of
craft practice are also features of this period. In all these
ways the Jemdet Nasr phase represents the direct predecessor of
the full Sumerian civilization of the Early Dynastic Period ...
(AHSFC) The First Cities (Jemdet Nasr Period) The urban
revolution or the building of the first cities took place in
3100 - 2900 BC in the transition from prehistory to his