Uruk/Orchoe/Erech/Orikut
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke
Contributors:
P. Flensted Jensen, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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May 09, 2023 01:12 PM
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History
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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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912986
31.3216128, 45.638327
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Uruk (5500 BC - 2600 BC)
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- Erech (Akkadian, modern)
- Orcheni (unspecified date range)
- Orchoe (30 BC - AD 640)
- Orchoē (Ancient Greek, 540 BC - 30 BC)
- Orikut (30 BC - AD 640)
- Tall al-Warkāʾ (Modern Standard Arabic, unspecified date range)
- Tulūl al-Warkāʾ (Modern Standard Arabic)
- Unu(g) (Sumerian, 2950 BC - 2350 BC)
- Unug (2335 BC - 2000 BC)
- Uruk (750 BC - AD 640)
- Uruk (German, 6200 BC - AD 226)
- Uruk (Akkadian, 2000 BC - 650 BC)
- Warka (German, AD 632 - AD 750)
- Warka (English, AD 632 - AD 750)
- Warqa (2000 BC - 650 BC)
- al-Warkāʾ (Modern Standard Arabic)
- ʾrk (Aramaic, 540 BC - 330 BC)
- Uruk/Orchoe/Erech/Orikut connection Euphrates (river) (unspecified date range)
- Uruk/Orchoe/Erech/Orikut part of (regional) Sumer (6500 BC - AD 640)
- Eanna located at Uruk/Orchoe/Erech/Orikut (3000 BC - 100 BC)
- Ehiliana located at Uruk/Orchoe/Erech/Orikut (1600 BC - 540 BC)
- Enirgalana located at Uruk/Orchoe/Erech/Orikut (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Sūrānu located near Uruk/Orchoe/Erech/Orikut (720 BC - 540 BC)
urban area, settlement
- See Further:
- See Also:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 93 B2 Uruk/Orchoe/Erech/Orikut
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Warka IRQ
A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke, P. Flensted Jensen, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Uruk/Orchoe/Erech/Orikut: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912986> [accessed: 27 September 2023]
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