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	Ur
		Ur (or Urim) was an ancient city in Mesopotamia, originally located near the mouth of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers on the Persian Gulf and close to Eridu.
		The earliest habitation at Ur was in the Ubaid period[?], the earliest stage of settlement in southern Mesopotamia.
		Eventually the kings of Ur became the "official" rulers of Sumer, in what is known as the first dynasty of Ur, which was established by the king Mesannepada[?] (or Mesanepada, Mes-Anni-Padda etc).
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ur/Ur.html (985 words)

	Online Encyclopedia and Dictionary - Ur
		Ur was an ancient city in southern Mesopotamia, originally located near the mouth of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers on the Persian Gulf and close to Eridu.
		Ur was inhabited in the earliest stage of village settlement in southern Mesopotamia, the Ubaid period.
		Eventually the kings of Ur became the effective rulers of Sumer, in the first dynasty of Ur, which was established by the king Mesannepada (or Mesanepada, Mes-Anni-Padda).
	fact-archive.com /encyclopedia/Ur (1523 words)

	Ur, Iraq
		Ur was the principal center of worship of the Sumerian moon god Nanna and of his Babylonian equivalent Sin.
		Ur was one of the first village settlements founded (circa 4000 BC) by the so-called Ubaidian inhabitants of Sumer.
		The founder of the First Dynasty of Ur was the conqueror and temple builder
	www.atlastours.net /iraq/ur.html (626 words)

	Ur - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Among the most important remains of the first dynasty, which has revealed a luxurious material culture, are the royal cemetery, where the standard of Ur was found, and the Temple of Ninhursag at Ubaid, bearing the inscriptions of the kings of the first dynasty.
		Ur was captured c.2340 by Sargon, and this era, called the Akkadian period, marks an important step in the blending of Sumerian and Semitic cultures.
		The third dynasty was established c.2060 BC under King Ur-Nammu, who built the great ziggurat that has stood, although crumbled and covered with sand, throughout the centuries.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-ur.html (587 words)

	Uruk - Ur - The Great Ziggurat - Crystalinks
		Eventually the kings of Ur became the effective rulers of Sumer, in the first dynasty of Ur established by the king Mesannepada (or Mesanepada, Mes-Anni-Padda).The first dynasty was ended by an attack of Sargon of Akkad around 2340 BC.
		Ur is considered by many to be the city of Ur Kasdim mentioned in the Book of Genesis as the birthplace of Abraham.
		Ur is mentioned four times in the Tanakh or Old Testament, with the distinction "of the Kasdim/Kasdin" - traditionally rendered in English as "Ur of the Chaldees", referring to the Chaldeans, who were already settled there by around 900 BC.
	www.crystalinks.com /uruk.html (2628 words)

	Ur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Biblical Ur Ur is mentioned four times in the Tanakh or Old Testament, with the distinction "of the Kasdim/Kasdin" -- traditionally rendered in English as "Ur of the Chaldees", referring to the Chaldeans, who were already settled there by around 900 BC.
		Ur is said to be the birthplace of the patriarch Abram (Abraham).
		Evidence was found of prior restoration of the ziggurat by Ishme-Dagan of Isin and Gimil-Sin of Ur, and of Kuri-galzu, a Kassite king of Babylon in the 14th century BC.
	computers.abcworld.net /Ur.html (1912 words)

	UR - meaning of word
		UR, Ur, or ur can refer to several things: Informal Internet Slang contraction of ''your'', ''yours'', or ''you're'', also used in Short message service text messages The City of Ur Ur (continent), the first* known continent Royal Game of Ur Ur is the name of a minor Gnostic deity.
		The first dynasty was ended by an attack by Sargon of Akkad around 24th century BC.
		The 3rd dynasty of Ur was established when the king Ur-Nammu (or Urnammu) came to power, ruling between 22nd century BC and 21st century BC.
	wordsonline.org /Ur (2747 words)

	Archaeological Sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Ur is known in the Bible as Ur of the Chaldees.
		This biblical name, Ur of the Chaldees, refers to the Chaldeans, who settled the area about 900 B.C. It is known as the ancient city of the Sumerian civilization and the home of Abraham, father of the Hebrews.
		Ur became occupied by Babylonians, but was eventually ridden with drought and was covered by many layers of sand.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/archaeology/sites/middle_east/ur.html (533 words)

	The Sumerian King List
		The Kings of the fourth (the last) dynasty of Kic were so far degenerated from their ancestors, the Sons of Gods, that the Akkadians (Sargon I) could conquer them and established a new empire called the Akkadian period.
		The Kings of the third (the last) dynasty of Unug were also so far degenerated from their ancestors, the Sons of Gods, that the Akkadians (Sargon I) could conquer them also, even as the Godly dynasties of Kic.
		The period between the collapse of the Akkadian Empire and the rise of the Ur III Dynasty was one of anarchy, economic disruption and decline.
	www.bibliotecapleyades.net /sitchin/king_list1.htm (3336 words)

	Mesopotamia - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Mesopotamia was one of the first, if not the first, place in the world where writing developed.
		In the city of Ur, most people were buried in family graves under their houses.
		The first king of the first dynasty of Ur (around 2560) was Mesanepada.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Mesopotamia (3901 words)

	Empire of the 3rd dynasty of Ur (
		Although he resided in Ur, another important centre was in Nippur, whence--according to the prevailing ideology-- Enlil, the chief god in the Sumerian state pantheon, had bestowed on Shulgi the royal dignity.
		In Ur III some members of this people are already found in the higher echelons of the administration, but most of them, organized in tribes, still led a nomadic life.
		The end of Ur came about through a concatenation of misfortunes: A famine broke out, and Ur was besieged, taken, and destroyed by the invading Elamites and their allies among the Iranian tribes.
	www.angelfire.com /nt/Gilgamesh/urIII.html (1840 words)

	Ur, Iraq
		The ziggurat is a temple of Nanna, a deity in Sumerian mythology, and has two stages constructed from brick: in the lower stage the bricks are joined together with bitumen, in the upper stage they are joined with mortar.
		The Book of Jubilees states that Ur was founded in 1687 Anno Mundi (year of the world) by 'Ur son of Kesed, presumably offspring of Arphaxad, adding that in this same year, wars began on Earth.
		There is no modern village at Ur and so it has never received many tourist visitors, although it has been made accessible to them.
	creekin.net /c4473-n88-ur-iraq.html (1857 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : Ur Of The Chaldees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		This theory explains why the area around Ur supported human life earlier than the northern area where one would have expected the Tigris and Euphrates delta to have begun its push into the Gulf.
		Almost nothing is known of Ur's Second Dynasty, but from about 2112-2015 B.C. the Third Dynasty flourished arid Ur was the capital of an empire.
		During the reign of King Ur-Nammu, who established the dynasty, the ziggurat that Woolley explored was built, probably on the rubble of the first one.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/196802/ur.of.the.chaldees.htm (965 words)

	Ur Archaeology 2
		Treasures from the ROYAL TOMBS of Ur The cemetery Woolley uncovered in the late 1920s included some 1,850 intact burials spread over an area approximately 70 by 55 meters underneath the southeast corner of Nebuchadnezzar's temenos and partly beneath and outside its enclosure wall...
		The Sumerian King List names Mesannepada as first king of the First Dynasty of Ur; he is commonly thought to be a contemporary of Eannatum, third king of the better attested Lagash dynasty.
		Reexamination of the diagnostic pottery and cylinder seals, however, indicates that the "Second Dynasty" burials are Akkadian in date or later.
	oi.uchicago.edu /OI/UR/Arch2.html (1555 words)

	Abraham and City of Ur
		The principal builder at Ur during the Kassite period was Kuri-Galzu, but his work was not of the best kind, and as his successors did no repairs on his buildings, they fell into decay.
		The site first selected for work during the past winter was a lofty mound outside the wall built by Nebuchadnezzar II round the Sacred Area, and when a space measuring 200 feet by 150 feet was cleared, several blocks of houses, divided by narrow streets, were found.
		In a great commercial centre like Ur accurate weights were of prime importance, and the fine diorite duck-weight inscribed with the name of king Shulgi shows that as early as 2500 B.C. standard weights were in use in Babylonia (see Plate VII, No. 1).
	www.earth-history.com /Pseudepigrapha/Cave/cave-12-abraham-ur.htm (2928 words)

	UR
		Remains found at the site seem to indicate that Ur existed as far back as the late Al Ubaid period (@5900 – 4300 BC) and that the city was an important commercial center even before the first dynasty was established (c.2500 BC).
		When first found in 1901, the laws of Hammurabi (1792-1750 BC) were heralded as the earliest known laws.
		This cylinder is the first copy found that originally had the whole text of the code, and it is the world's oldest law code.
	home.comcast.net /~theseeker/UR.htm (556 words)

	Mesopotamia: Urim \| Ur
		Ibbi-Sin of Ur counterattacked and captured the Elamite king, but despite another invasion in 2017, the Sumerians were unable to maintain control of Elam.
		Royal succession in the Simashki dynasty was through the king's sister (and wife), who was called the “reverend mother” (amma hashtuk).
		The end of the dynasty is obscure; its last certain king was Indattu II (c.
	www.b17.com /family/lwp/places/urim.html (840 words)

	Notebook
		At Ur there is a brick column of the date of the Third Dynasty of Ur, and a column of Warad-Sin [c.
		Some of their animal carving too is excellent; a couchant wild boar in steatite, found at Ur, is a fine piece of miniature sculpture, and from Brak comes a whole series of animal amulets which not only show a keen observation of animal life but possess real style.
		It was at this time, shortly before the rise of the Egyptian First Dynasty, that Egyptian stone-carvers took as their model the works of art produced in the Mesopotamian delta.
	www.noteaccess.com /Texts/Woolley/3.htm (2651 words)

	Index of Forenames: Beginning with M
		Eleventh King of the First Dynasty of Kic
		First King of the First Dynasty of Urim
		First King of the First Dynasty of Unug
	www.b17.com /family/lwp/people/_m/index.html (397 words)

	Mesopotamia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The Sumerians (see Sumer), the inhabitants of these city-states of S Mesopotamia, were unified at Nippur, where they gathered together to worship Enlil, the wind god.
		The famous first dynasty of Ur came at the end of the early dynastic period.
		Sargon founded (c.2340) the Akkadian dynasty, the first empire in Mesopotamia, whose example of empire building was later followed by the old Babylonian dynasty and late Assyrian Empire (see Babylonia; Assyria).
	www.bartleby.com /65/me/Mesopota.html (636 words)

	Ur. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Remains found at the site seem to indicate that Ur existed as far back as the late Al Ubaid period (see Mesopotamia) and that the city was an important commercial center even before the first dynasty was established (c.2500
		B.C. Among the most important remains of the first dynasty, which has revealed a luxurious material culture, are the royal cemetery, where the standard of Ur was found, and the Temple of Ninhursag at Ubaid, bearing the inscriptions of the kings of the first dynasty.
		B.C. under King Ur-Nammu, who built the great ziggurat that has stood, although crumbled and covered with sand, throughout the centuries.
	www.bartleby.com /65/ur/Ur.html (447 words)

	Volume 1 Chapter 11
		The kings who composed the first dynasty were not successive but contemporary leaders who formed the first Democratic Council in history this side of the flood.
		Abram's Ur was Urfa in northern Mesopotamia, not on the fringes of Shinar.
		The total for the Dynasty is missing from the document, but the total for Dynasties I, II and III is plainly given as 396.
	www.earth-history.com /Various/Compendium/hhc1ch11.htm (3868 words)

	The Italian Almanac - Stone Tablets of Ur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Italian archeologists working in Iraq have found a trove of ancient stone tablets from the fabled civilisation of Ur.
		She said the tablets, made of clay and bitumen, were discovered by chance at an archaeological site not far from the location of the ancient city.
		Chiodi said the tablets would probably occupy a prominent place in a new Virtual Museum of Iraq which Italy is building to show people what Baghdad's celebrated museum of antiquities looked like before it was looted in the wake of the 2003 US-led invasion of Irak.
	italianalmanac.org /06mar/ur.htm (218 words)

	The First Dynasty of Babylon
		At the time, Ibbi-Sin, the last ruler of the 3rd dynasty of Ur, was having problems retaining control over his kingdom.
		Upon the collapse of the 3rd dynasty of Ur in 2004 B.C., the Amorites took advantage of the situation and began to flex their muscles.
		He founded the 1st dynasty of Babylon in 1894 B.C. Of the scant information we have about that period, we know only that he and the following four successors appeared to be good rulers.
	www.edhelper.com /ReadingComprehension_42_174.html (402 words)

	Non Fluffy Wicca: ANSA.it - News in English - Italians find ancient Ur tablets
		Ur, near the southern Iraqi city of Nassiriya, is cited in the Bible as the birthplace of the prophet Abraham.
		It was the religious hub of Sumerian civilisation at the start of a series of dynasties that ruled Mesopotamia from around 4000 BCE.
		The most famous classic of ancient literature, Gilgamesh, was written at Ur.
	www.nonfluffy.com /archives/002758.html (494 words)

	Vlar's Timeline of the World (Page 4)
		Mis-anni-padda, King of Ur; first recorded ruler of Mesopotamia.
		Romulus, first King of Rome, divides the year into 10 months.
		She was famed for her beautiful voice, the ability to speak several tongues fluently, and her intelligence.
	www.angelfire.com /vt/VlarDracul/timeline4.html (1684 words)

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