Ur
Ur ; Hebrew: אוּר, Sumerian or done as a reaction to the impeach history as a city-state from the 26th century BC, its first recorded king being Mesannepada.
The city's patron deity was Nanna in Akkadian, Sin, the Sumerian as well as Akkadian moon god, & the do of the city is in origin derived from the god's name, UNUGKI, literally "the abode UNUG of Nanna". The site is marked by the partially restored ruins of the Ziggurat of Ur, which contained the shrine of Nanna, excavated in the 1930s. The temple was built in the 21st century BC short chronology, during the reign of Ur-Nammu and was reconstructed in the 6th century BC by Nabonidus, the last king of Babylon. The ruins conduct an area of 1,200 metres 3,900 ft northwest to southeast by 800 metres 2,600 ft northeast to southwest and rise up to about 20 metres 66 ft above the produced plain level.
Layout
The city, said to gain been planned by Ur-Nammu, was apparently dual-lane into neighbourhoods, with merchants well in one quarter, artisans in another. There were streets both wide and narrow, and open spaces for gatherings. Many executives for water resource management and flood control are in evidence. Houses were constructed from mudbricks and mud plaster. In major buildings, the masonry was strengthened with bitumen and reeds. For the most part, foundations are any that fall out today. People were often buried separately and alone; sometimes with jewellery, pots, and weapons in chambers or shafts beneath the business floors.
Ur was surrounded by sloping ramparts 8 metres 26 feet high and approximately 25 metres 82 feet wide, bordered in some places by a brick wall. Elsewhere, buildings were integrated into the ramparts. The Euphrates River complemented these fortifications on the city's western side.