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Ur

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Founded3800 BC
Locations Dhi Qar Governorate
Iraq
Part ofAhwar of Southern Iraq
Regions Mesopotamia, Middle East
Periods Ubaid period
Iron Age
Abandonedafter 500 BC
AgeAbout 5,823 years
Coordin30°57′42″N 46°06′18″E / 30.9616529°N 46.1051259°E
CulturSumerian
AbandonAfter 500 BC
ArchaeologistJohn George Taylor
Charles Leonard Woolley
Elizabeth C Stone
Adelheid Otto
Excav date1853–1854, 1922–1934, 2015-present
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID1038580
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Ur was an important Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern Tell el-Muqayyar in Dhi Qar Governorate, southern Iraq.

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