Uruk/Orchoe/Erech/Orikut
Uruk was an ancient Sumerian (and later Babylonian) city located on the Euphrates river. At its height (ca. 2900 BC), Uruk's population may have topped 50,000 people and its walls enclosed an area of more than six square kilometers, making it the largest city in the world at that point in time.
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Uruk/Orchoe/Erech/Orikut
Uruk was an ancient Sumerian (and later Babylonian) city located on the Euphrates river. At its height (ca. 2900 BC), Uruk's population may have topped 50,000 people and its walls enclosed an area of more than six square kilometers, making it the largest city in the world at that point in time.
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Finkbeiner 1993
Oppenheimer 1983 334-40
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Uruk was an ancient Sumerian ( ...... e world at that point in time.
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Uruk/Orchoe/Erech/Orikut
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Erech
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Orchoē, Orchoe, Orchoë
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Tall al-Warkāʾ, Tall al-Warka', Tall al-Warka, Tell el-Warka', Tell el-Warka
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Tulūl al-Warkāʾ
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Unu(g), Unug, Unu
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