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+# Ur
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+# Ur
+
+## Overview
+Ur was one of the most important Sumerian city-states, located in southern Mesopotamia. It is notable for the Royal Tombs, the Great Ziggurat, and its association with the biblical Abraham.
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+## Key Facts
+- Location: Tell el-Muqayyar, Dhi Qar Province, Iraq
+- Period: ~3800 BCE – ~500 BCE
+- Excavated by: Leonard Woolley (1922–1934)
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+## Major Discoveries
+- Royal Tombs of Ur (~2600–2400 BCE): Elaborate burials with gold, lapis lazuli, and human sacrifices [^1]
+- Standard of Ur: Mosaic box depicting war and peace scenes
+- Great Ziggurat of Ur: Built by Ur-Nammu (~2100 BCE), partially restored
+- Ram in a Thicket: Gold and lapis lazuli figurine (now in British Museum and Penn Museum)
+
+## Historical Significance
+- Third Dynasty of Ur (~2112–2004 BCE): Last Sumerian dynasty, produced the Code of Ur-Nammu
+- Major trading port connected to the Persian Gulf
+- Traditionally identified as "Ur of the Chaldees" (Genesis 11:31) [^2]
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+[^1]: Woolley, L. *Ur Excavations II: The Royal Cemetery* (1934)
+[^2]: Woolley, L. *Excavations at Ur* (1954)
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