What was the approximate population of Uruk around 3100 BC?
40,000
20,000
60,000
80,000
Answer
By the final phase of the Uruk period around 3100 BC, the city may have had 40,000 residents, with 80,000-90,000 people living in its environs. This made Uruk the largest urban area in the world at the time.
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