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Uruk

Location Al-Khidhir District

Uruk, the archeological site known today as Warka, was an ancient city in the Near East, located east of the current bed of the Euphrates… Read more…

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Uruk
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Uruk, the archeological site known today as Warka, was an ancient city in the Near East, located east of the current bed of the Euphrates River, on an ancient, now-dried channel of the river. The site lies 93 kilometers northwest of ancient Ur, 108 kilometers southeast of ancient Nippur, and 24 kilometers southeast of ancient Larsa. It is 30 km east of modern Samawah, Al-Muthannā, Iraq.

Uruk is the type site for the Uruk period. Uruk played a leading role in the early urbanization of Sumer in the mid-4th millennium BC.

Source: Wikipedia

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Address Iraq
Coordinates 31°19'17.806" N, 45°38'17.977" E
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