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2. Ur - Wikipedia

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   Ur (/ ʊər / oor; Sumerian: 𒌶𒆠, 𒋀𒀕𒆠, or 𒋀𒀊𒆠 Urim; Akkadian: 𒋀𒀕𒆠, romanized: Uru; 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. Ziggurat of Ur - Wikipedia

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   The Ziggurat (or Great Ziggurat) of Ur ( Sumerian: 𒂍𒋼𒅎𒅍 é -temen-ní-gùru "Etemenniguru", [3] meaning "temple whose foundation creates aura") [4] is a Neo-Sumerian ziggurat in what was the city of Ur near Nasiriyah, in present-day Dhi Qar Province, Iraq. The structure was built during the Early Bronze Age (21st century BC) but had ...

4. List of cities and towns on the Euphrates River - Wikipedia

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   Map of Syria. The upper reaches of the Euphrates flow through steep canyons and gorges, southeast across Syria, and through Iraq. From west to east, the Euphrates is in Syria joined by the Sajur, the Balikh and the Khabur. Lake Assad is a large lake in Syria on the Euphrates River formed by the construction of the Tabqa Dam in 1973.

5. U.S. Route 1 - Wikipedia

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   U.S. Route 1 or U.S. Highway 1 (US 1) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway that serves the East Coast of the United States.It runs 2,370 miles (3,810 km) from Key West, Florida, north to Fort Kent, Maine, at the Canadian border, making it the longest north–south road in the United States.

6. Uruguay - Wikipedia

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   Uruguay ( / ˈjʊərəɡwaɪ / ⓘ [11] YOOR-ə-gwy, Spanish: [uɾuˈɣwaj] ⓘ ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( Spanish: República Oriental del Uruguay ), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the ...

7. Ur of the Chaldees - Wikipedia

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   Ur Kasdim ( Hebrew: אוּר כַּשְׂדִּים, romanized : ʾŪr Kaśdīm ), commonly translated as Ur of the Chaldeans, is a city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the birthplace of Abraham, the patriarch of the Israelites and the Ishmaelites. In 1862, Henry Rawlinson identified Ur Kaśdim with Tell el-Muqayyar near Nasiriyah in the ...