Archaeology relating to or denoting a pre-urban culture in Mesopotamia, dated to the 5th millennium bc.
It represents the earliest settlement on the alluvial plain of southern Mesopotamia.The invention of the wheel and the beginning of the Chalcolithic period fall into the Ubaid period.
Sample Usage
The Ubaid culture has clear connection to earlier cultures in the region of middle Iraq.
Ubaid artefacts spread along the Arabian littoral, showing the growth of a trading system.
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