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Bookmark or Share- Ur | Mesopotamia, Map, Definition, History, & Facts | BritannicaUr, important city of ancient southern Mesopotamia (Sumer) near the Euphrates River. It became the capital of Sumerian kings of the 1st dynasty of Ur. Some of the most important preserved monuments, including the ziggurat, belong to the 3rd dynasty.
- Ur - World History EncyclopediaUr was a city in the region of Sumer, southern Mesopotamia, and its ruins lie in what is modern-day Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq. According to biblical tradition, the city is named after the man who founded the first settlement there, Ur, though this has been challenged. The city is famous for its biblical associations and as an ancient trade center.
- Ur - WikipediaUr ( / ʊər / oor; Sumerian: 𒌶𒆠, 𒋀𒀕𒆠, or 𒋀𒀊𒆠 [note 1] Urim; [1] Akkadian: 𒋀𒀕𒆠 Uru; [2] Arabic: أُوْر, romanized : ʾūr; Hebrew: אוּר, romanized : ʾūr) was an important Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern Tell el-Muqayyar ( Arabic: تل ٱلْمُقَيَّر) in south Iraq 's Dhi Qar Governorate. [3] .
- Ur summary | BritannicaUr , Ancient city and district, Sumer, southern Mesopotamia. It was situated on a former channel of the Euphrates River in what is now southern Iraq. One of the oldest cities of Mesopotamia, it was settled sometime in the 4th millennium bc. In the 25th century bc it was the capital of southern Mesopotamia under its first dynasty.
- Pope to visit ancient city of Ur, ‘the cradle of civilization’Pope to visit ancient city of Ur, ‘the cradle of civilization’. Francis expected to visit the southern Iraqi city of Ur on Saturday, where the father of all three Abrahamic faiths is believed...
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