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Place Tyrus/Col. Septimia Severa — by E.M. Meyers — last modified Sep 26, 2024 03:24 PM
The ancient city of Tyre (modern es-Sur on the coast of Lebanon). A UNESCO World Heritage Site, in part because of its "important archaeological remains, mainly from Roman times."
Place Uruk/Orchoe/Erech/Orikut — by A. Hausleiter — last modified Sep 13, 2024 04:38 PM
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.