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Encyclopedia > Third millennium BC

(4th millennium BC3rd millennium BC2nd millennium BCother millennia)

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Ebla - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (808 words)
Ebla in the third millennium BC The name "Ebla" means "White Rock", and refers to the limestone outcrop on which the city was built.
Ebla in the second millennium BC Several centuries after its destruction by the Akkadians, Ebla managed to recover some of its importance, and had a second apogee lasting from about 1850 to 1600 BC.
The city was destroyed again in the turbulent period of 1650–1600 BC, by an Hittite king (Mursili I or Hattusili I).
3rd millennium BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (721 words)
The 3rd millennium BC represents the beginning of factual history, since it is the first time we do have real names to name and detailed stories to tell.
The 3rd millennium BC saw the first explosive appearances of mega architecture, imperialism, organized absolutism and… revolution.
Also by the end of the millennium, out of general exhaustion the Sumerians had finally learned the necessity of unifying and settling down into a stable form of national government, a relatively peaceful, well-organized, complex technocratic state called the 3rd dynasty of Ur.
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