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	Ur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ur was an ancient city in southern Mesopotamia, located near the original 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.
		Ur is said to be the birthplace of the patriarch Abram (Abraham).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ur (1891 words)

	UR - LoveToKnow Article on UR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		UR - LoveToKnow Article on UR, one of the most important of the early Babylonian cities, represented to-day by the ruin mounds called Mughair (Moghair), or, more properly, Muqayyar (Mul~ayyar), the pitched, or pitch-built.
		Apparently, in the later times, owing to its sanctity, Ur became a favorite place of sepulture, so that after it had ceased to be inhabited it still continued to be used as a necropolis.
		Large piles of slab and scoria, in the neighborhood of Ur, show, apparently, that the pitch was also used for manufacturing purposes, and that IJr was a manufacturing as well as a commercial city.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /U/UR/UR.htm (982 words)

	Ur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Ur (or Urim) was an ancient city in Mesopotamia, originally located near the mouth of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers on the PersianGulf and close to Eridu.
		The earliest habitation at Ur was in the Ubaid period, the earlieststage of settlement in southern Mesopotamia.
		Evidence was found of restoration by the zigguratby Ishme-Dagan of Isin and Gimil-Sin of Ur, and of Kuri-galzu, a Cossaean (Kassite) king of Babylon, of the 14th century BC.
	www.therfcc.org /ur-15152.html (961 words)

	Chaldeans
		Ur was one of the oldest and most famous of the Babylonian cities.
		The kings of Babylon were compelled to acknowledge the supremacy of Elam, and a rival kingdom to that of Babylon, and governed by Elamites, sprang up at Larsa, not far from Ur, but on the opposite bank of the river.
		In the time of Abram the king of Larsa was Eri-Aku, the son of an Elamite prince, and Eri-Aku, as has long been recognized, is the Biblical "Arioch king of Ellasar" (Gen. 14:1).
	www.crystalinks.com /chaldeans.html (1353 words)

	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.
		Evidence was found of restoration by the ziggurat by Ishme-Dagan of Isin and Gimil-Sin of Ur, and of Kuri-galzu, a Cossaean (Kassite) king of Babylon, of the 14th century BC.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/u/ur/ur.html (1017 words)

	Chaldea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Chaldees were a tribe (that is believed to have migrated from Arabia) that lived on the shores of the Persian Gulf, and become a part of the Babylonian around the time of Hezekiah.
		The Biblical ancestor of the Hebrew people, Abraham, was born at " Ur of the Chaldees," since the Chaldean people (Chaldees) ruled Babylonia during the Babylonian captivity (when the Hebrews wrote the Torah).
		Since the discovery of Ur, very few scholars would argue that Abraham (if he existed at all) was from Ur, and therefore probably a Sumerian.
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Chaldea.html (511 words)

	Chaldea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Chaldees were a tribe (that is believed have migrated from Arabia) that lived on shores of the Persian Gulf and become a part of the around the time of Hezekiah.
		The Biblical ancestor of the Hebrew people Abraham was born at " Ur of the Chaldees " since the Chaldean people (Chaldees) ruled Babylonia during the Babylonian captivity (when the wrote the Torah).
		Ur was one of oldest and most famous of the Babylonian Its site is now called Mugheir on western bank of the Euphrates in Southern About a century before the birth of it was ruled by a powerful dynasty kings.
	www.freeglossary.com /Chaldea (480 words)

	AllRefer.com - Ur (Ancient History, Middle East) - Encyclopedia
		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.
		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.
		Ur is mentioned often in the Bible (Gen. 11.28,31; 15.7; Neh.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/U/Ur.html (506 words)

	Archaeological Sites (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		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)

	Sumeria, The City Of Ur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		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 findings left little doubt that the deaths of the king and queen of Ur were followed by the voluntary death of their courtiers and personal attendants and of the court soldiers and musicians.
	ragz-international.com /ur.htm (889 words)

	Ur Archaeology 1
		Ur was fabled as the city of the Sumerian moon god Nanna and the traditional home of the biblical patriarch Abraham (Gen. 12:4-5).
		She attributed Ur's prominence in the popular media not only to the intrinsic interest of Woolley's discoveries but also to Woolley himself.
		Tell al-Muqayyar (ancient Ur) lies near the city of Nasiriyah in the southwestern floodplain of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
	oi.uchicago.edu /OI/UR/Arch1.html (596 words)

	Chaldea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The Biblical ancestor of the Hebrew people, Abraham, was born at " Ur of the Chaldees," since the Chaldean people (Chaldees)ruled Babylonia during the Babylonian captivity (when the Hebrews wrote theTorah).
		The kings of Babylon were compelled to acknowledge thesupremacy of Elam, and a rival kingdom to that of Babylon, and governed by Elamites, sprang up at Larsa, not far from Ur, but on the opposite bank of the river.
		While the Bible claims that Abraham was from Ur of the Chaldees, a look at the time period in the book of Genesis makes itclear that if Abraham were from Ur, it would not have been yet known as the Chaldees.
	www.therfcc.org /chaldea-41578.html (454 words)

	UrofChaldeesurfaurie
		Ur is actually located south of Shuruppak the city Enki appeared in to warn the Mesopotamian Noah, Ziusudra, of the coming Flood.
		Ur was the city of the Moon-god; it was also the seat of several dynasties and one of the most important Mesopotamian sites, and a large number of Sumerian and Babylonian texts have been found there, dating from all levels of the city's occupation." (p.
		Now Ur was one of the most important cities of ancient Sumer; in fact, it was the capital of Sumer at three different periods in its history.
	www.homestead.com /bibleorigins*net/UrofChaldeesurfaurie.html (3722 words)

	Ur on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		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 BC).
		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.
		The third dynasty of Ur fell (c.1950 BC) to the Elamites and later to Babylon.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/u/ur.asp (951 words)

	Archaeological photo gallery of the Arabian Moon-God
		The Ur of Chaldees is in the region of Babylon.
		Nanna was worshipped in the ziggurat of Ur.
		Ur of the Chaldees was so devoted to the moon-god that it was sometimes called Nannar in tablets from that time period.
	www.bible.ca /islam/islam-photos-moon-worship-archealolgy.htm (1748 words)

	Ur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Ur Known today as Tell el-Muqayyar, the 'Mound of Pitch', the site was occupied from around 5000 BC to 300 BC.
		Although Ur is famous as the home of the Old Testament patriarch Abraham (Genesis 11:29-32), there is no actual proof that Tell el-Muqayyar was identical with 'Ur of the Chaldees'.
		The main excavations at Ur were undertaken from 1922-34 by a joint expedition of The British Museum and the University Museum, Pennsylvania, led by Leonard Woolley.
	www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk /compass/ixbin/goto?id=enc386 (275 words)

	Ur Of The Chaldees (International Standard Bible Encyclopedia) :: Bible Tools (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Ammianus Marcellinus identified the city with the castle of Ur in the desert between Hatra and Nisibis, but this was only founded in the time of the Persians.
		The most generally-accepted theory at the present time is that Ur is to be identified with the modern Mugheir (or Mughayyar, "the pitchy") in Southern Babylonia, called Urumma, or Urima, and later Uru in the inscriptions.
		It should be stated that there are scholars who hold, with the Septuagint, that Ur means, not a city, but perhaps a land in which the patriarch pastured his flocks, as for instance, the land of Uri or Ura (Akkad).
	bibletools.org /index.cfm/fuseaction/Def.show/RTD/ISBE/ID/9007 (647 words)

	SermonIndex.net - audio mp3 sermons: Abraham, My Friend_03
		Ur’s position on the Euphrates gave it ready access to exotic imports through Basra, where the Euphrates meets the Tigris, and the Persian Gulf.
		Around the time that Abraham was born Ur of the Chaldees fell under violent incursions from nomadic Amorites.
		Terah raised his family in Ur at this time and at the ripe age of 130 he fathered Abraham, his youngest son.
	www.sermonindex.net /modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=921&forum=45#4808 (1618 words)

	Evidence of Abram
		At Ur of Chaldees, the birthplace of Abram, that divinity of the tower of Babel was Nannar, the moon god, and his most sacred shrine was located on the top-most stage, for Ur was dedicated to this their supreme deity.
		Ur had a busy emporium right on the Euphrates river where it had a north harbor and a west harbor with canals running through the city and around its walls.
		Despite the discoveries at Ur, especially the royal tombs, no direct evidence has been found of Abram or Abraham’s residence there, although it was a large city and Terah and his sons were just citizens who migrated from it.
	www.mazzaroth.com /ChapterFour/EvidenceOfAbram.htm (2205 words)

	Volume I Chap 11 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		"Ur of the Chaldees," as recently again discovered,* was one of the oldest, if not the most ancient, among the cities of Chaldea.
		The most remarkable ruins of that city are those of the old moon-temple of Ur, which from the name on the bricks are computed to date from the year 2000 before Christ.
		The journey from Ur, in the far south, had been long, wearisome, and dangerous; and the fruitful plains around Haran must have held out special inducements for a pastoral tribe to settle.
	www.powerofchrist.net /OT6/volume_i_chap_11.htm (2425 words)

	Ur, Iraq
		Situated near the town of Nasiriya, about 365 km south of Baghdad, Ur, which means a city in the Sumerian and Akkadian languages, is one of Iraq's most imposing ancient sites.
		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.
		The last Babylonian king, Nabonidus (reigned 556-539 BC), who appointed his eldest daughter high priestess at Ur, embellished the temples and entirely remodeled the ziggurat of Nanna increasing its height to 7 stages, making it rival even the temple of Marduk at Babylon.
	www.atlastours.net /iraq/ur.html (626 words)

	Ur Archaeology 3
		Treasures from the ROYAL TOMBS of Ur Among the most valuable artifacts to have come down to us from ancient Mesopotamia are hundreds of thousands of unassuming clay tablets inscribed with a kaleidoscopic array of subject matter.
		The Death of Gilgamesh opens with the hero on his deathbed, mortally ill. In a dream, his fate is revealed to him: he has reached the end of his appointed time on earth and will become a lord of the underworld on a par with Dumuzi and Ningishzida.
		Ur-Namma, having died in battle, is brought to Ur, and the soldiers who marched with him into battle now follow him toward the underworld in tears.
	oi.uchicago.edu /OI/UR/Arch3.html (858 words)

	Where Was the Ur of Abraham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		For instance, many scholars place the site of Abraham’s Ur in southern Mesopotamia, and on that basis suggest that Abraham had contact with and was influenced by the dominant cult of that Ur, the cult of the moon god.
		Fourth, when Abraham left Ur of the Chaldees, there was a famine in Haran as well as in Ur.
		Ur of southern Mesopotamia, however, lies below the Fertile Crescent, in an arid plain where irrigation is necessary.
	oldtestamentclass.com /readings/city_of_ur.html (1073 words)

	Mesopotamia: Urim \| Ur
		Ur-nammu (2113-2096) of Ur proclaimed himself king and soon conquered all of Sumer and Akkad.
		Shulgi (2095-2048) brought the empire of Ur III to its height.
		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.
	www.b17.com /family/lwp/places/urim.html (840 words)

	UrofChaldeesPhotosTellMuqqayirIraqHrouda
		Below, an aerial via of Ur of the Chaldees (Arabic Tell al Muqayyar, in southern Iraq, according to some scholars).
		Below, another view of Ur of the Chaldees, showing the great plain (called edin in Sumerian) in the distance (for photo, cf.
		Below, a map of Ur of the Chaldees, modern Tell al-Muqayyar, understood by some scholars to have been the home of Terah and his son Abraham (Ge 11:31).
	www.bibleorigins.net /UrofChaldeesPhotosTellMuqqayirIraqHrouda.html (194 words)

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