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Map of the world around 2000 BC showing the Third Dynasty of Ur. After a short period of chaos following the fall of the Akkadian Empire the third Ur dynasty was established when the king Ur-Nammu came to power, ruling between c. 2047 BC and 2030 BC.
The Third Dynasty of Ur, also called the Neo-Sumerian Empire, refers to a 22nd to 21st century BC (middle chronology) Sumerian ruling dynasty based in the city of Ur and a short-lived territorial-political state which some historians consider to have been a nascent empire. The Third Dynasty of Ur is commonly abbreviated as Ur III by historians ...
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 ...
c. 2340 BC. (c. 2340 BC) The first dynasty of Ur (abbreviated Ur I) was a dynasty of rulers from the city of Ur in ancient Sumer who reigned c. 2600 – c. 2340 BC. Ur I is part of the Early Dynastic III period of ancient Mesopotamia. [1] It was preceded by the earlier First Dynasty of Kish and the First Dynasty of Uruk.
3rd Dynasty of Ur. Religion. Sumerian religion. Ur-Nammu (or Ur-Namma, Ur-Engur, Ur-Gur, Sumerian: 𒌨𒀭𒇉, ruled c. 2112 BC – 2094 BC middle chronology) founded the Sumerian Third Dynasty of Ur, in southern Mesopotamia, following several centuries of Akkadian and Gutian rule.
A ziggurat (/ ˈzɪɡʊˌræt /; Cuneiform: 𒅆𒂍𒉪, Akkadian: ziqqurratum, [2] D-stem of zaqārum 'to protrude, to build high', [3] cognate with other Semitic languages like Hebrew zaqar (זָקַר) 'protrude' [4][5]) is a type of massive structure built in ancient Mesopotamia. It has the form of a terraced compound of successively ...
Names and etymology. Urartu (Akkadian: ú-ra-áš-tu) is mentioned in the Babylonian Map of the World. [16] Various names were given to the geographic region and the polity that emerged in the region. Urartu/Ararat: The name Urartu (Armenian: Ուրարտու; Assyrian: māt Urarṭu; [6] Babylonian: Urashtu; Hebrew: אֲרָרָט Ararat ...
The ruins of Eridu. Eridu (Sumerian: 𒉣 𒆠, romanized: NUN.KI; Sumerian: eridug ki; Akkadian: irîtu) was a Sumerian city located at Tell Abu Shahrain (Arabic: تل أبو شهرين), also Abu Shahrein or Tell Abu Shahrayn, an archaeological site in Lower Mesopotamia. It is located in Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq, near the modern city of Basra.