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Ur
Ur was an important Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern Tell el-Muqayyar in south Iraq. The city dates from the Ubaid period circa 3800 BC, and is recorded in written history as a Sumerian City State from the 26th century BC. The Ziggurat of Ur was built during the Early Bronze Age in 2050 BC and restored by King Nabonidus in the the Neo-Babylonian period. Ur was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of The Ahwar of Southern Iraq in 2016.
The site is one of the elements that make up the UNESCO World Heritage site, The Ahwar of Southern Iraq: Refuge of Biodiversity and the Relict Landscape of the Mesopotamian Cities.by Hardnfast, GFDL or CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commonsby M.Lubinski, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commonsby Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsElevation: 17 m
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World Heritage Site
Date of Inscription
2016
Fourth Millennium BC
Ubaid Period
Mixed
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