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Ubaid period
The Ubaid period is a prehistoric period of Mesopotamia, from about 6500 to 3800 BCE, named after Tell al-Ubaid near Ur. Farming villages spread across southern Mesopotamia, using irrigation and producing distinctive painted pottery, and the first temples, as at Eridu, appeared. Ubaid culture spread north and along the Gulf, and the period led into the Uruk period, when the first cities emerged.
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