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Uruk

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An ancient city in southern Mesopotamia where King Gilgamesh rules and early city life grows

proper noun

Literature

: Uruk

There were two of these temple complexes in Uruk, the Iana district and the older Anu district.
the city of Uruk

Examples

Back home in Uruk, the goddess Ishtar took a romantic interest in Gilgamesh.
The earliest documented use of wheels exists in the form of pictographs on clay tablets from Uruk.

Academic text (2004)
In the structure of people's lives during the Uruk period, organized religion played an important part.

Academic text (1993)
In the Uruk period, rosettes were associated with Inanna, the goddess of Uruk.

Academic text (1993)
Initially, Uruk's expansion worked well, but without trees to filter their water supply, Uruk's irrigation system became contaminated.
The Warka Vase, a five-thousand-year-old alabaster bowl, came from Uruk, the city featured in the Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the earliest hero stories created by human beings.

Academic text (2003)
In this version, known as Tablet XII, Gilgamesh, the shepherd-king of the city of Uruk and Inanna's earthly brother, is seen playing with a stick and ball, carried piggyback by the orphans of Uruk.

Academic text (2010)
The ancient city of Uruk was home to many remarkable architectural wonders.
In mythology, Uruk is celebrated as the realm of the heroic King Gilgamesh.
Archaeologists have uncovered evidence of urban planning in Uruk, one of the first major cities in history.

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Uruk comes from the ancient Sumerian name Unug and was the real city in southern Mesopotamia that grew into one of the world's first great cities and the legendary home of King Gilgamesh.