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Uruk

Uruk, the archeological site known today as Warka, was an ancient city in the Near East or West Asia, located east of the current bed of the Euphrates River, on an ancient, now-dried channel of the river in Muthanna Governorate, Iraq. The site lies 93 kilometers (58 miles) northwest of ancient Ur, 108 kilometers (67 miles) southeast of ancient Nippur…

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Location
Muthanna Governorate, Iraq
Abandoned
c. 700 AD
Archaeologists
William Loftus, Walter Andrae, Julius Jordan, Heinrich Lenzen, Margarete van Ess
Area
6 km2 (2.3 sq mi) · 541 ha (2.09 sq mi)
Buffer zone
292 ha (1.13 sq mi)
Built
c. 5000 BC

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related to Further reading · 115
Uruk → Adams, Altorientalische Forschungen, American Journal, American Oriental Society, American Research Press, Ancient Near Eastern History, Ancient Oriental Civilization, Annunziata, Archaeology, Archaic Levels, Archaic Uruk, Assyriologie, Berlin, Chicago, Chicago Press, Cornelia Wunsch, Cuneiform Digital Library Journal, Cuneiform Sudies, Dawn, DOCUMENTA ASIANA
related to Uruk into Late Antiquity · 38
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related to Cuneiform tablets · 35
Uruk → AD, Adam Falkenstein, Antoine Cavigneaux, Aramaic, Aramaic Uruk, Around, Assyriological, Baghdad, BC, British Museum, Djik, Egbert, Erlend Gehlken, German Archaeological Institute, Hermann Hunger, Jan, Jemdet Nasr, Karlheinz Kessler, Kushim, Late Babylonian
related to history · 33
Uruk → According, AN, Anu, Aratta, At, BC, District, Eanna District, Early Uruk, Enmerkar, Epic, E₂, From, Gilgamesh, Heaven, House, In, Inanna, Kullaba, Late Uruk
related to Architecture · 20
Uruk → Anu Districts, At, Cone-Mosaic Courtyard, Cone-Mosaic Temple, Eanna, English, German, In, Inanna, It, Much, Near Eastern, NUN, Round Pillar Hall, Sumerian, T-Shaped, Temple, The, Tripartite, Venus
related to Artifacts · 18
Uruk → April, BC, BCStele, Inanna, Iraq, Iraq Museum, It, Jemdet Nasr, Lady, Lion Hunt, Lugal-kisalsi, September, Sumerian Mona Lisa, The, The Mask, UrukMask, Warka, WarkaBull
related to Possible tomb of Gilgamesh · 16
Uruk → Euphrates, Fassbinder, German Archaeological Institute, Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh's, He, In, Iraq, Media, River Euphrates, Sumerian, The, The Death, The Euphrates, The Sumerian, When
related to Eanna District · 14
Uruk → Eanna, It, IV, IVa, Mesopotamia, Mosaic Temple, Riemchen Building, Stone-Cone Temple, The, The Eanna, The Stone-Cone Temple, Ubaid, Uruk IVb, VI
related to External links · 14
Uruk → Archaeological Expedition Mapping Ancient, Archaeologists, Ars Technica, CDLI, City Of Uruk, Ess, Hamoukar, Iraq, Margarete, Mesopotamian, Old Uruk, Oriental Institute, Sumerian, Unug
related to Archaeological levels of Uruk · 13
Uruk → Archeologists, BC, Eanna District, Early Uruk, III Jemdet Nasr, IIUruk, IV Late Uruk, Uruk IX, Uruk XVI, Uruk XVIII Eridu, UrukUruk XVIII, VI Middle Uruk, XVI Late Ubaid

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period eanna bc city temple sumerian early built site cuneiform time anu first known ancient inanna district also dynastic iraq

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UrukAbandonedc. 700 AD1.00infobox
UrukArchaeologistsWilliam Loftus, Walter Andrae, Julius Jordan, Heinrich Lenzen, Margarete van Ess1.00infobox
UrukArea6 km2 (2.3 sq mi)1.00infobox
UrukArea541 ha (2.09 sq mi)1.00infobox
UrukBuffer zone292 ha (1.13 sq mi)1.00infobox
UrukBuiltc. 5000 BC1.00infobox
UrukCriteriaMixed: (iii)(v)(ix)(x)1.00infobox
UrukExcavation dates1850, 1854, 1902, 1912–1913, 1928–1939, 1953–1978, 2001–2002, 2016–present1.00infobox
UrukInscription2016 (40th Session)1.00infobox
UrukLocationMuthanna Governorate, Iraq1.00infobox
UrukOfficial nameUruk Archaeological City1.00infobox
UrukPart ofAhwar of Southern Iraq1.00infobox
UrukPeriodsUruk period to Early Middle Ages1.00infobox
UrukReference1481-0051.00infobox
UrukRegionMesopotamia1.00infobox
UrukTypeSettlement1.00infobox
Urukis atype site for the Uruk period and played a leading role in the early urbanization of Sumer in the mid-4th millennium BC0.90text

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