20 July 2022 | Author/Destination: Asia / Asien | Rubric: General, UNESCO World Heritage
Reading Time: 11 minutesZiggurat of Ur © Kaufingdude/cc-by-sa-3.0
Ur was an important
Sumerian city-state in ancient
Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern “Tell el-Muqayyar” in south
Iraq‘s
Dhi Qar Governorate. Although Ur was once a coastal
city near the mouth of the
Euphrates on the
Persian Gulf, the coastline has shifted and the city is now well inland, on the south bank of the
Euphrates, 16 kilometres (9.9 miles) from
Nasiriyah in modern-day
Iraq. The city dates from the
Ubaid period circa 3800 BC, and is recorded in
written history as a city-state from the 26th century BC, its first recorded king being
Mesannepada.
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