| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:ancient_city 
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                                | gptkbp:abandoned | circa 700 CE 
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                                | gptkbp:alternativeName | gptkb:Warka gptkb:Erech
 
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                                | gptkbp:archaeologicalFinds | gptkb:ceramics temple ruins
 clay tablets
 
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                                | gptkbp:archaeologicalSite | gptkb:Warka 
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                                | gptkbp:associatedWith | gptkb:Gilgamesh 
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                                | gptkbp:cityWallBuiltBy | gptkb:Gilgamesh_(legend) 
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                                | gptkbp:cityWallLength | 9 km 
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                                | gptkbp:declinedAfter | rise of Babylon 
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                                | gptkbp:distanceFromBaghdad | ~250 km south 
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                                | gptkbp:excavatedBy | gptkb:German_Archaeological_Institute 1912
 
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                                | gptkbp:flourishedDuring | 4th millennium BCE 
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                                | gptkbp:governedBy | kings 
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                                | gptkbp:influenced | urban development in Mesopotamia 
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                                | gptkbp:knownFor | gptkb:Ziggurat_of_Uruk gptkb:the_Epic_of_Gilgamesh
 massive city walls
 early urbanization
 
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                                | gptkbp:language | Sumerian 
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                                | gptkbp:literaryPeriod | gptkb:Jemdet_Nasr_period gptkb:Uruk_period
 gptkb:Early_Dynastic_period
 
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                                | gptkbp:locatedIn | gptkb:Mesopotamia gptkb:Sumer
 modern-day Iraq
 
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                                | gptkbp:mainDeity | gptkb:Anu gptkb:Inanna
 
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                                | gptkbp:mentionedIn | gptkb:Sumerian_King_List 
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                                | gptkbp:notableBuilding | gptkb:Anu_Ziggurat gptkb:Eanna_district
 
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                                | gptkbp:period | gptkb:Uruk_period 
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                                | gptkbp:populationPeak | 50,000-80,000 
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                                | gptkbp:region | southern Iraq 
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                                | gptkbp:significance | one of the first major cities in history 
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                                | gptkbp:tradedOn | long-distance trade 
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                                | gptkbp:UNESCO_criteria | (iii), (iv) 
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                                | gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite | 2016 yes
 
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                                | gptkbp:website | gptkb:Warka 
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                                | gptkbp:writingOrigin | earliest known writing system 
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                                | gptkbp:writingSystem | cuneiform 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Archaeology 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 5 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Uruk 
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