n 250 miles / 400 km Rise of Ur III 2100 Pyramid Age 2700 -2200 Guti invasions 2200 Rise of Sargon and the Akkadians 2350 Elamites destoy Ur 2000 Abram leaves Ur Abram moves to Canaan Abram settles in Haran Amorites Hittites Gutians Hurrians Assyrians Akkadians Elamites Sumerians Egyptians Canaanites Beersheba Shechem Hebron Bethel Jericho Megiddo Memphis Ebla Ugarit Tarsus Mersin Byblos Sidon Tyre Haran Carchemish Tadmor Qatna Hamath Urkish Babylon Kish Ur Larsa Uruk Isin Eridu Lagash Susa Asshur Nuzi Mari Akkad Nippur Calah Nineveh Damascus Aleppo Zagros Mtns. Desert Tarsus Mountains Desert Sinai Cyprus Mesopotamia Mediterranean Sea Tigris River Euphrates River Orontes R. Nile River A n c i e nt Coastline BcResources.net © ncBc 2111210-gen1100-2500-ane-abr-map-bcrx 3/1/2014 Genesis 11-25 The Ancient Near East in the Time of Abraham