Ur[a] (/ ʊr / or / ɜːr / [3]) was an important Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern Tell el-Muqayyar[b] (Arabic: تَلّ ٱلْمُقَيَّر, lit. ' mound of bitumen ') in Dhi Qar Governorate, southern Iraq.

2011年4月28日 · Ur was a city in the region of Sumer, southern Mesopotamia, and its ruins lie in what is modern-day Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq. According to biblical tradition, the city is named after the man who founded the first settlement there, Ur, though this has been challenged. The city is famous for its biblical associations and as an ancient trade center.

2025年3月21日 · Ur, important city of ancient southern Mesopotamia (Sumer) near the Euphrates River. It became the capital of Sumerian kings of the 1st dynasty of Ur. Some of the most important preserved monuments, including the ziggurat, belong to the 3rd dynasty.

2021年7月28日 · The city of Ur was once a large, wealthy, busy, and prosperous port located close to the mouth of the Euphrates River on the Persian Gulf, and much of Sumerian history is linked to this city. The city' had dominant role in foreign trade, and …

乌尔，是古代 美索不达米亚 南部的一个城邦，由 乌尔第三王朝 君主， 乌尔纳姆 始建，在其子 舒尔吉 统治时期完工，较有名的城邦有 乌鲁克 和 拉格什。 城名 圣经习惯将之称为“迦勒底的乌尔”（创世纪11：28-31），原是闪的后代亚伯拉罕的故居，在他父亲泰拉的率领下，由此迁往 哈兰。 ，举家迁往 迦南 地，但是按 考古学 和 历史学家 的意见，迦勒底人入住乌尔，应是亚伯拉罕之后的事。 所以，迦勒底的乌尔，可能是后人加上去的。 乌尔位于 巴比伦 南部，有的学者说，亚 …

2024年12月6日 · Ur, one of ancient Mesopotamia’s most renowned city-states, played a pivotal role in the development of early urban civilization. Situated on the fertile plains between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, Ur thrived through strategic trade, architectural innovation, and political influence.

2019年7月3日 · The Mesopotamian city of Ur, known as Tell al-Muqayyar and the biblical Ur of the Chaldees), was an important Sumerian city-state between about 2025-1738 BC. Located near the modern town of Nasiriyah in far southern Iraq, on a now-abandoned channel of the Euphrates river, Ur covered about 25 hectares (60 acres), surrounded by a city wall.

The Sumerian city of Ur hosted magnificent dynasties of Kings, buried in lavish tombs, surrounded by death pits, in the vicinity of the Ziggurat of Ur. Where the Euphrates River once opened its mouth into the Persian Gulf, on the southern floodplain of Mesopotamia, lies Ur, dating from the Ubaid period, circa (6500 -3800 BC), and host to the

Ur was one of the world’s first true cities. It was inhabited for thousands of years, from c. 5500 to 300 BCE. From the late Ubaid period to the time of the Achaemenid Persian kings, for five millennia, Ur featured prominently in political, religious, and economic activity on the Mesopotamian floodplain.

Ur , Ancient city and district, Sumer, southern Mesopotamia. It was situated on a former channel of the Euphrates River in what is now southern Iraq. One of the oldest cities of Mesopotamia, it was settled sometime in the 4th millennium bc. In the 25th century bc it was the capital of southern Mesopotamia under its first dynasty.