city of Ur

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/city_of_Ur

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:ancient_city
gptkbp:abandoned	4th century BC
gptkbp:archaeologicalSite	gptkb:Tell_el-Muqayyar
gptkbp:associatedWith	gptkb:Abraham
gptkbp:currency	shekel
gptkbp:destroyedBy	gptkb:Elamites
gptkbp:economy	agriculture trade
gptkbp:excavatedBy	gptkb:Leonard_Woolley
gptkbp:famousFor	gptkb:Ziggurat_of_Ur
gptkbp:flourishedDuring	gptkb:Early_Bronze_Age gptkb:Third_Dynasty_of_Ur
gptkbp:languageSpoken	Akkadian Sumerian
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Mesopotamia gptkb:Sumer modern-day Iraq
gptkbp:locatedOnRiver	gptkb:Euphrates
gptkbp:mainDeity	gptkb:Nanna_(Sin)
gptkbp:mentionedIn	gptkb:Hebrew_Bible gptkb:Epic_of_Gilgamesh
gptkbp:notableRuler	gptkb:Shulgi gptkb:Ur-Nammu
gptkbp:populationPeak	65,000
gptkbp:region	southern Mesopotamia
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Sumerian_religion
gptkbp:restored	gptkb:Babylonians
gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list	2016
gptkbp:writingSystem	cuneiform
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Royal_Cemetery_of_Ur
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	city of Ur