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	Ur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The ziggurat is a temple of Nanna, the moon 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.
		Ur was inhabited in the earliest stage of village settlement in southern Mesopotamia, the Ubaid period.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ur (1891 words)

	Ur
		The ziggurat is a temple of Nanna 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.
		Biblical Ur Ur is mentioned four times in the Tanakh or Old Testament, as with the distinction "of the Kasdim/Kasdin", which is traditionally rendered in English "Ur of the Chaldees", referring to the Chaldeans, who settled there around 900 BC.
		Evidence was found of restoration by the ziggurat by Ishme-Dagan of Isin and Gimil-Sin of Ur, and of Kuri-galzu, a Kassite king of Babylon, of the 14th century BC.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Ur (1692 words)

	Archaeological Sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		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 Ziggurat at Ur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The ziggurat was part of a temple complex that served as an administrative center for the city, and it was also thought to be the place on earth where the moon god Nanna, the patron deity of Ur, had chosen to dwell.
		Construction of the ziggurat was completed in the 21st century BC by King Shulgi, during whose 48-year reign the city of Ur grew to be the capital of an empire controlling much of Mesopotamia.
		Ur was then ruled by a succession of foreign kings until the 4th century BC, when the Euphrates river changed its course and the city, lacking irrigation, was abandoned.
	www.amazeingart.com /seven-wonders/ziggurat.html (814 words)

	Ziggurat
		Ziggurats were erected from around 2200 BCE until 500 BCE, and there are about 25 left today, covering the area from southern Babylonia all the way north to Assyria.
		The cults performed in the ziggurats were limited to the priests, and their assignments were to provide for all the needs of the gods.
		The process of building the ziggurat was in itself a religious act, all participating had to be good human beings, and while the temple was erected frequent offerings had to brought forth to the gods.
	i-cias.com /e.o/ziggurat.htm (527 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.
		Ur was captured about 2340 BC by King Sargon of Agade, and this era, called the Akkadian period, marks an important step in the blending of Sumerian and Semitic cultures.
	www.atlastours.net /iraq/ur.html (626 words)

	The Ziggurat at the City of Ur - Southern Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The ziggurat was a pyramidal structure, built in receding tiers upon a rectangular, oval, or square platform, with a shrine at the summit.
		Ur was already a center of wonderful and highly advanced material and moral culture few thousands of years before the rise of Greek and Roman civilizations.
		Ur was captured about 2340 BC by Sargon, and this era, called the Akkadian period, marks an important step in the blending of Sumerian and Semitic cultures.
	www.amyron.com /pages/Travels/Ziggurat2004.htm (1054 words)

	Great Ziggurat of Ur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Great Ziggurat was built as a place of worship, dedicated to the moon god Nanna (or Sin), in the Sumerian city of Ur in ancient Mesopotamia.
		The temple which resembles a huge stepped platform was constructed approximately in the 21st century BC by king Ur-Nammu.
		Today, after more than 4000 years, the ziggurat is still well preserved in large parts as the only major remainder of Ur in present-day southern Iraq.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Etemennigur (150 words)

	Op :: Catalyst
		Tombs discovered near the Ziggurat in the late 1920s were found to contain elaborate gold jewellery, cups of gold and silver, bowls of alabaster and extraordinary objects of art from the zenith of the ancient Sumerian culture (2600-2500BC).
		An Australian Army ASLAV armoured vehicle in front of the Great Ziggurat of Ur, a four-thousand-year-old temple which is one of the archaeological treasures of southern Iraq.
		Australian Army ASLAV armoured vehicles in front of the Great Ziggurat of Ur, a four-thousand-year-old temple which is one of the archaeological treasures of southern Iraq.
	www.defence.gov.au /opcatalyst/images/gallery/20050628a (246 words)

	Ancient Babylonia - The Ziggurat
		The ziggurats were built on an immense scale: in the time of Hammurapi they would sometimes reach the height of 150 feet.
		Of the ziggurat built in Babylon at the time of Hammurapi we know little but there is a large amount of documentation of the ziggurat that existed in the time of Nebuchadnezzar II (605-562 BC) who deported the Jews.
		This was a ziggurat already old by the time of his reign and could have been the same as the ziggurat that existed in the reign of Hammurapi.
	www.bible-history.com /babylonia/BabyloniaThe_Ziggurat.htm (722 words)

	Ur-Nammu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He founded a new Sumerian dynasty, the 3rd dynasty of Ur, in southern Mesopotamia, following several centuries of Akkadian and Gutian rule.
		Ur-Nammu is chiefly remembered for his legal code, which is arguably the oldest surviving example in the world, although Urukagina of nearby Lagash also has a claim.
		He was also responsible for building the great ziggurat at Ur.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ur-Nammu (145 words)

	the city of ur!
		Excavations have proved that Ur was leading among the old Sumeria cities of Mesopotamia.
		The most important structure was the holy pyramid (Ziggurat), which contained all the najor temples together with the magnificent 3-level Ziggurat built by Ur-Nammu, founder of the Thrid Dynasty of Ur (2124 - 2107 B.C.).
		The favourit god of Ur was SIN, or NANNAR, the moon-god, His ground temple was built near the Ziggurat.
	members.tripod.com /iraki/urtxt.htm (761 words)

	IRAQ History Sumerians Sargon Sumerians Sargon Sumerians Sargon Sumerians Sargon Sumerians Sargon Sumerians Sargon ...
		In addition, there is evidence of the Sumerians in the area both prior to the Uruk period and after the Ur III Dynastic period, but relatively little is known about the former age and the latter time period is most heavily dominated by the Babylonians.
		He established the earliest known recorded law-codes and had constructed the great ziggurat of Ur, a kind of step-pyramid which stood over 60' tall and more than 200' wide.
		Not only are its temples and ziggurats scattered about the region, but the literature, cosmogony and rituals influenced their neighbors to such an extent that we can see echoes of Sumer in the Judeo-Christian-Islamic tradition today.
	www.geocities.com /iraqinfo/sum/hist/sumerians.html (1904 words)

	McClung Museum - Royal Tombs of UR - History
		Ancient Sumer lay in lower Mesopotamia, an arid land broken by belts of green along the banks of its canals and waterways and, to the southeast, the marshes and islands of the Shatt al-Arab delta.
		The little cups held the poison that promised their bearers safe journey into the Underworld where we suppose they would continue to serve in the court of their masters, but it is also possible that they and the other contents of the tomb were intended as gifts to various Underworld deities.
		After being sacked by the Elamites, Ur was rebuilt under the dynastic rule of the cities of Isin and Larsa.
	mcclungmuseum.utk.edu /specex/ur/ur-hist.htm (1088 words)

	Ancient Civilizations of Sumer and Akkad and the Roots of Cuneiform Law
		The ziggurat was a pyramidal structure with a few gradual levels (sometimes even seven) built of bricks that were made of mud.
		He was the founder of the Third Dynasty of Ur and circa 2100 BC has united Mesopotamia with the center in the city of Ur.
		Ziggurats of other city-states began to lose their economic independence and came under the protection of the emperor (lugal), and in this sense, the state authority became centralized.
	www.ancientworlds.net /aw/Journals/Journal/582205 (4785 words)

	Ur-Nammu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Sometimes called Zur-Nammu or Ur-Engur, Ur-Nammu came to power towards the end of the 3rd millenium BC.
		He founded a new Sumerian dynasty - the 3rd dynasty of Ur - in southern Mesopotamia, following several centuries of Akkadian rule.
		Ur-Nammu is chiefly remembered for his legal code, which is arguably the oldest surviving example in the world - although Urukagina of nearby Lagash also has a claim to this.
	www.encyclopedia-1.com /u/ur/ur_nammu.html (93 words)

	EducationGuardian.co.uk \| Arts & Humanities \| The end of civilisation
		It is the land of the Old Testament, the Tower of Babel and of Ur, where Abraham, the father of the three great monotheistic religions, was born.
		In 1991, the great arch of Ctesphion, still the widest unsupported brick arch in the world, was cracked by the rumble of American carpet bombing.
		But what few in the Pentagon seem to realise is that the Ur airbase was built by the British in the days of its colonial mandate, when the RAF first demonstrated the civilising capabilities of bombing civilians from the air.
	education.guardian.co.uk /higher/artsandhumanities/story/0,12241,927998,00.html (1765 words)

	The Book of the Cave of Treasures - Abraham and the City of Ur
		As already said, the Ziggurat which stands in the west corner of the Temenos enclosure was cleared during the winter of 1923-24, and in 1924-25 work was begun on the Temenos or Sacred Area itself.
		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.
		B.C.) was presented to the temple at Ur by the daughter of king Dungi (or, Shulgi).
	www.sacred-texts.com /chr/bct/bct12.htm (3410 words)

	The Origin of Sin and the Queen of Heaven: Part 1 The Moon God and Goddess
		Nanna was worshipped in the ziggurat of Ur.
		Great Kings throughout history from Sargon 2600 BC to Nabonidus 550 BC had their daughters officiate as high-priestess of Nanna at Ur.
		The status of Sin was so great that from 1900 BC to 900 BC his name is witness to the forging of international treaties as the guarantor of the word of kings.
	www.dhushara.com /book/orsin/origsin.htm (6711 words)

	Sumerian Information of the Annunaki -- compared to the Anakim (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Even the Hebrew scholars had to assume he was born at Ur about 2,000 B.C. Annunaki were seven judges of hell (nether world), children of the god Anu, who also sat before the throne of Ereshkigal (the wife of Nergal), she was the daughter of Demeter, Greek Persephone, Roman Proserpine, Gnostic Kore in other mythology.
		The ziggurat at Ur is made on the outside of baked brick set in bitumen.
		During the great flood he tore away the mast of the ship in which Utanapishtim (the Babylonian Noah) escaped and was saved along with his family and specimens of all manner of animals.
	www.mazzaroth.com /ChapterThree/SumerianInfoOfAnnunaki-Anakim.htm (2080 words)

	Ur Establishment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The ancient city Ur that the Pope intended to visit is located in South of Iraq was already a center of wonderful and highly advanced material and moral culture few thousands of years before the rise of Greek and Roman civilizations.
		Ur is mentioned in the bible as the home of Abraham, recognized by Muslims, Christians and Jews as the father of prophets (Is there historical evidence??).
		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.
	www.ur.com.jo /ur2.htm (486 words)

	Ancient Ur (Tell Muqayyar) in Sumer [Iraq)] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Ur was excavated by a joint expedition of the British Museum and the University of Pennsylvania under Sir Leonard Woolley between 1922 and 1934.
		After a period of decline Ur flourished again in the time of the Third Dynasty of Ur in the 21st century BC which saw the final flowering of Sumerian achievement.
		The founder of this dynasty Ur-Nammu built a great Ziggurat to the city's patron deity Nanna the Moon God.
	ancientneareast.tripod.com /Ur_Muqayyar.html (237 words)

	Ravaging Our Past
		There stands the mysterious ruins of the great ziggurat of Ur, a massive man-made structure somewhat resembling the pyramids of Egypt, Mexico, China, and various other places around the world.
		Although the location of Ur has been known since 1919, archaeologists are only now beginning to uncover the treasures left hidden in Iraq.
		As mystery mounds are unearthed, remains of the great civilizations of Assyria, Babylonia, Sumeria and Ur are coming to light.
	perdurabo10.tripod.com /id58.html (770 words)

	Abraham
		Israel, moreover, was in Egypt during the Hyksos period of foreign domination (1780-1546 BC), was oppressed by the great Thutmose III (1482-1450 BC) of the New Kingdom (18th dynasty) and left the country of Egypt during the reign of Amenhotep II (1450-1425 BC).
		In front of the ziggurat, set between its stairways, were twin temples, the day houses of the moon god and his consort, the goddess Nin-Gal, in which were the shrines of the lesser gods who formed their retinue.
		In front of the ziggurat and on a lower level was a large open court surrounded by many chambers, which was a sort of market place where the populous of the city and surrounding country brought their gifts and paid thier taxes to the moon god, for Nannar was the great landlord of his people.
	www.theology.edu /abraham.htm (5601 words)

	BBC - h2g2 -
		The feeling of accomplishment was great, just as was the awe he felt when the king of Ur descended from the man made mountain to give the laws of Marduk to the people of Ur.
		The first of the great artists of the family would have to be Imhotep, and his beloved wife who inspired him to create such great works for his god on earth Djoser.
		I look through the eyes of eldest great grandson and see the majesty of Menkaure, Khafre, and Khufu’s pyramids as their white granite faces and golden cap stones reflect the brilliance of their supreme god Amon-Re, seemingly seated atop one of the pyramids as his Ben-Ben at just the right time of the morning.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/ww2/A4060126 (1769 words)

	Ur-Nammu
		The two most famous monuments of Ur-Nammu's reign are the great ziggurat (temple) at Ur and his stele, of which fragments remain.
		Ur - Ur, ancient city of Sumer, S Mesopotamia.
		The city is also known as Ur of the Chaldees.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0850205.html (165 words)

	Ur-Nammu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In Ur he constructed the great Ziggurat which stood 60' high and had a base of 200'.
		He built and restored temples in Ur, as well as the other cities of Sumer.
		The laws were placed to protect the weak and poor against the rich and powerful, including provisions for canceling debts which the poor could not possibly repay.
	www.sarissa.org /urnammu.php (188 words)

	otnen2
		Woolley was convinced that Ur was the birthplace of Abraham.
		In other words: recollections of a great deluge was part of the collective memories of ancient man. Faint memories of that event can still be found in the story of the Flood.
		He brought with him the laws of Ur and, handing them down through the generations of his house, laid the foundations of that Mosaic code which is still the Law of the Jews and has been professedly adopted by most Christian nations as the basis of their own systems'.
	www.up.ac.za /academic/theology/news/otnen2.htm (2385 words)

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