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The Third Dynasty of Ur, also called the Neo-Sumerian Empire, refers to a 22nd to 21st century BC (middle chronology) Sumerian ruling dynasty based in the city of Ur and a short-lived territorial-political state which some historians consider to have been a nascent empire.[1]

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  1. 89 relations: Akkadian Empire, Akkadian language, Akshak, Amar-Sin, Amorites, Anatolia, Assyria, Babylon, Bala taxation, Bronze Age, Chronology of the ancient Near East, Clothing, Code of Hammurabi, Code of Ur-Nammu, Common Era, Der (Sumer), Dudu of Akkad, Dynasty of Isin, East Semitic languages, Elam, Elamite language, Enlil, Epic of Gilgamesh, Eridu, Eshnunna, First Dynasty of Ur, Gutian rule in Mesopotamia, Harappa, Ibbi-Sin, Indus script, Indus Valley Civilisation, Iraq, Irrigation, Isin, Isin-Larsa period, Kindattu, Kish (Sumer), Lagash, Lament for Ur, Larak (Sumer), Larsa, Levant, Linen, List of Mesopotamian dynasties, Lugal, Lugalbanda, Lullubi, Mari, Syria, Mesopotamia, Monarchy, ... Expand index (39 more) »

  2. 22nd-century BC establishments
  3. Middle Eastern royal families
  4. States and territories disestablished in the 20th century BC
  5. States and territories disestablished in the 3rd millennium BC
  6. States and territories established in the 3rd millennium BC
  7. Sumer
  8. Ur

Akkadian Empire

The Akkadian Empire was the first known ancient empire of Mesopotamia, succeeding the long-lived civilization of Sumer. Third Dynasty of Ur and Akkadian Empire are former empires in Asia, states and territories disestablished in the 3rd millennium BC and states and territories established in the 3rd millennium BC.

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Akkadian language

Akkadian (translit)John Huehnergard & Christopher Woods, "Akkadian and Eblaite", The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the World's Ancient Languages.

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Akshak

Akshak (Sumerian:, akšak) (pre-Sargonic - u4kúsu.KI, Ur III - akúsu.KI, Phonetic - ak-su-wa-ak) was a city of ancient Sumer, situated on the northern boundary of Akkad, sometimes identified with Babylonian Upi (Greek Opis).

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Amar-Sin

Amar-Sin (𒀭𒀫𒀭𒂗𒍪: DAmarDSîn, "calf of Sîn", the "𒀭" being a silent honorific for "Divine"), initially misread as Bur-Sin (c. 2046–2037 BC middle chronology, or possibly ca. 1982–1973 BC short chronology) was the third ruler of the Ur III Dynasty.

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Amorites

The Amorites (author-link, Pl. XXVIII e+i|MAR.TU; Amurrūm or Tidnum Tidnum; ʾĔmōrī; Ἀμορραῖοι) were an ancient Northwest Semitic-speaking Bronze Age people from the Levant. Third Dynasty of Ur and Amorites are states and territories established in the 3rd millennium BC.

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Anatolia

Anatolia (Anadolu), also known as Asia Minor, is a large peninsula or a region in Turkey, constituting most of its contemporary territory.

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Assyria

Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: x16px, māt Aššur) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state from the 21st century BC to the 14th century BC, which eventually expanded into an empire from the 14th century BC to the 7th century BC. Third Dynasty of Ur and Assyria are former empires in Asia and states and territories established in the 3rd millennium BC.

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Babylon

Babylon was an ancient city located on the lower Euphrates river in southern Mesopotamia, within modern-day Hillah, Iraq, about 85 kilometers (55 miles) south of modern day Baghdad.

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Bala taxation

Bala, Sumerian for "exchange", is the method by which the Ur III dynasty of Mesopotamia collected goods such as livestock, grain, labor and craft products from its provinces. Third Dynasty of Ur and Bala taxation are Sumer.

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Bronze Age

The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.

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Chronology of the ancient Near East

The chronology of the ancient Near East is a framework of dates for various events, rulers and dynasties.

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Clothing

Clothing (also known as clothes, garments, dress, apparel, or attire) is any item worn on the body.

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Code of Hammurabi

The Code of Hammurabi is a Babylonian legal text composed during 1755–1750 BC.

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Code of Ur-Nammu

The Code of Ur-Nammu is the oldest known law code surviving today. Third Dynasty of Ur and code of Ur-Nammu are Sumer.

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Common Era

Common Era (CE) and Before the Common Era (BCE) are year notations for the Gregorian calendar (and its predecessor, the Julian calendar), the world's most widely used calendar era.

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Der (Sumer)

Der (Sumerian: 𒌷𒂦𒀭𒆠 uruBAD3.ANki; Akkadian: 𒌷𒂦𒀭𒆠 uruBAD3.ANki or urude-e-ru(ki)) was a Sumerian city-state at the site of modern Tell Aqar near al-Badra in Iraq's Wasit Governorate.

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Dudu of Akkad

Dudu (𒁺𒁺) was a 22nd-century BC king of the Akkadian Empire, who reigned for 21 years c. 2189-2169 BC according to the Sumerian king list.

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Dynasty of Isin

The Dynasty of Isin refers to the final ruling dynasty listed on the Sumerian King List (SKL). Third Dynasty of Ur and dynasty of Isin are Sumer.

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East Semitic languages

The East Semitic languages are one of three divisions of the Semitic languages.

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Elam

Elam (Linear Elamite: hatamti; Cuneiform Elamite:; Sumerian:; Akkadian:; עֵילָם ʿēlām; 𐎢𐎺𐎩 hūja) was an ancient civilization centered in the far west and southwest of modern-day Iran, stretching from the lowlands of what is now Khuzestan and Ilam Province as well as a small part of southern Iraq. Third Dynasty of Ur and Elam are states and territories established in the 3rd millennium BC.

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Elamite language

Elamite, also known as Hatamtite and formerly as Susian, is an extinct language that was spoken by the ancient Elamites.

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Enlil

Enlil, later known as Elil and Ellil, is an ancient Mesopotamian god associated with wind, air, earth, and storms.

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Epic of Gilgamesh

The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic from ancient Mesopotamia.

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Eridu

Eridu (𒆠|translit.

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Eshnunna

Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar in Diyala Governorate, Iraq) was an ancient Sumerian (and later Akkadian) city and city-state in central Mesopotamia 12.6 miles northwest of Tell Agrab and 15 miles northwest of Tell Ishchali. Third Dynasty of Ur and Eshnunna are states and territories established in the 3rd millennium BC.

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First Dynasty of Ur

The First Dynasty of Ur was a 26th-25th century BCE dynasty of rulers of the city of Ur in ancient Sumer.

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Gutian rule in Mesopotamia

The Gutian dynasty (Sumerian:, gu-ti-umKI) was a line of kings, originating among the Gutian people. Third Dynasty of Ur and Gutian rule in Mesopotamia are states and territories disestablished in the 3rd millennium BC, states and territories established in the 3rd millennium BC and Sumer.

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Harappa

Harappa is an archaeological site in Punjab, Pakistan, about west of Sahiwal.

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Ibbi-Sin

Ibbi-Sin (𒀭𒄿𒉈𒀭𒂗𒍪), son of Shu-Sin, was king of Sumer and Akkad and last king of the Ur III dynasty, and reigned c. 2028–2004 BCE (Middle chronology) or possibly c. 1964–1940 BCE (Short chronology).

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Indus script

The Indus script, also known as the Harappan script and the Indus Valley Script, is a corpus of symbols produced by the Indus Valley Civilisation.

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Indus Valley Civilisation

The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC), also known as the Indus Civilisation, was a Bronze Age civilisation in the northwestern regions of South Asia, lasting from 3300 BCE to 1300 BCE, and in its mature form from 2600 BCE to 1900 BCE.

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Iraq

Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia and a core country in the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.

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Irrigation

Irrigation (also referred to as watering of plants) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow crops, landscape plants, and lawns.

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Isin

Isin (modern Arabic: Ishan al-Bahriyat) is an archaeological site in Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq which was the location of the Ancient Near East city of Isin, occupied from the late 4th millennium Uruk period up until at least the late 1st millennium BC Neo-Babylonian period.

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Isin-Larsa period

The Isin-Larsa period (–1763 BCE, Middle Chronology, or 1961–1699 BCE, Short Chronology) is a phase in the history of ancient Mesopotamia, which extends between the end of the Third Dynasty of Ur and the conquest of Mesopotamia by King Hammurabi of Babylon leading to the creation of the First Babylonian dynasty. Third Dynasty of Ur and Isin-Larsa period are states and territories established in the 3rd millennium BC and Sumer.

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Kindattu

Kindattu (ki-in-da-tu, also Kindadu, reigned ca. 2000 BC, middle Chronology) was the 6th king of the Shimashki Dynasty,D.

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Kish (Sumer)

Kish (Kiš;; cuneiform: 𒆧𒆠; Kiššatu, near modern Tell al-Uhaymir) is an important archaeological site in Babil Governorate (Iraq), located south of Baghdad and east of the ancient city of Babylon.

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Lagash

Lagash (cuneiform: LAGAŠKI; Sumerian: Lagaš) was an ancient city state located northwest of the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and east of Uruk, about east of the modern town of Al-Shatrah, Iraq.

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Lament for Ur

The Lament for Ur, or Lamentation over the city of Ur is a Sumerian lament composed around the time of the fall of Ur to the Elamites and the end of the city's third dynasty (c. 2000 BC). Third Dynasty of Ur and lament for Ur are ur.

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Larak (Sumer)

Larak (or Larag, Sumerian:, LA-RA-AKKI also written UD.UD.AKKI) was a city in Sumer (modern Iraq) that appears in some versions of the Sumerian King List as the third of five cities to exercise kingship in the antediluvian era.

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Larsa

Larsa (𒌓𒀕𒆠|translit.

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Levant

The Levant is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of West Asia and core territory of the political term ''Middle East''.

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Linen

Linen is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant.

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List of Mesopotamian dynasties

The history of Mesopotamia extends from the Lower Paleolithic period until the establishment of the Caliphate in the late 7th century AD, after which the region came to be known as Iraq.

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Lugal

(Sumerian) is the Sumerian term for "king, ruler".

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Lugalbanda

Lugalbanda was a deified Sumerian king of Uruk who, according to various sources of Mesopotamian literature, was the father of Gilgamesh.

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Lullubi

Lullubi, Lulubi (𒇻𒇻𒉈: Lu-lu-bi, 𒇻𒇻𒉈𒆠: Lu-lu-biki "Country of the Lullubi"), more commonly known as Lullu, were a group of Bronze Age tribes during the 3rd millennium BC, from a region known as Lulubum, now the Sharazor plain of the Zagros Mountains of modern-day Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq.

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Mari, Syria

Mari (Cuneiform:, ma-riki, modern Tell Hariri; تل حريري) was an ancient Semitic city-state in modern-day Syria. Third Dynasty of Ur and Mari, Syria are states and territories established in the 3rd millennium BC.

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Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia is a historical region of West Asia situated within the Tigris–Euphrates river system, in the northern part of the Fertile Crescent.

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Monarchy

A monarchy is a form of government in which a person, the monarch, is head of state for life or until abdication.

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Neo-Sumerian art

Neo-Sumerian art is a period in the art of Mesopotamia made during the Third Dynasty of Ur or Neo-Sumerian period, c. 2112 BC – c. 2004 BC, in Southern Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq).

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Ninsun

Ninsun (also called Ninsumun, cuneiform: dNIN.SUMUN2; Sumerian: Nin-sumun(ak) "lady of the wild cows") was a Mesopotamian goddess.

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Nippur

Nippur (Sumerian: Nibru, often logographically recorded as, EN.LÍLKI, "Enlil City;"I. E. S. Edwards, C. J. Gadd, N. G. L. Hammond, The Cambridge Ancient History: Prolegomena & Prehistory: Vol. 1, Part 1, Cambridge University Press, 1970 Akkadian: Nibbur) was an ancient Sumerian city.

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Northwest Semitic languages

Northwest Semitic is a division of the Semitic languages comprising the indigenous languages of the Levant.

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Patrimonialism

Patrimonialism is a form of governance in which all power flows directly from the ruler.

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Puzur-Inshushinak

Puzur-Inshushinak (Linear Elamite: Puzur Sušinak, Akkadian:, puzur3-dinšušinak, also, puzur4-dinšušinak "Calling Inshushinak"), also sometimes thought to read Kutik-Inshushinak in Elamite, was king of Elam, around 2100 BC, and the last from the Awan dynasty according to the Susa kinglist.

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Puzur-Ishtar

Puzur-Ishtar (Puzur4-Eš4-tár, c. 2050–2025 BCE) was a ruler of the city of Mari, northern Mesopotamia, after the fall of the Akkadian Empire.

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Renaissance of Sumer

The Renaissance of Sumer is a period of the history of Mesopotamia that includes the years between the fall of the Akkadian Empire and the period of the Amorite dynasties of Isin and Larsa—both with governments of Semitic origin—between the centuries 22nd B.C. and 21st B.C. Within this stage the years of the so-called Third Dynasty of Ur or "Ur III" stand out, because of the new hegemony that would embrace all Mesopotamia, this time with the city of Ur at the head. Third Dynasty of Ur and Renaissance of Sumer are Sumer.

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Shakkanakku

Shakkanakku (Sumerian:, GIR.NITA or šagina,, Shakkanakku), was an Akkadian-language title designating a military governor.

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Shar-Kali-Sharri

Shar-Kali-Sharri (DShar-ka-li-Sharri) reigned c. 2217–2193 BC (middle chronology) as the ruler of the Akkadian Empire.

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Shimashki dynasty

The Shimashki or Simashki dynasty (Šimaški) (lugal-ene si-mash-giki "Kings of the country of Simashgi"), was an early dynasty of the ancient region of Elam, to the southeast of Babylonia, in approximately 2100–1900 BCE.

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Shu-Sin

Shu-Sin, also Šu-Suen (𒀭𒋗𒀭𒂗𒍪: DŠuDSîn, after the Moon God Sîn", the "𒀭" being a silent honorific for "Divine", formerly read Gimil-Sin) was king of Sumer and Akkad, and was the penultimate king of the Ur III dynasty.

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Shulgi

Shulgi (dšul-gi, formerly read as Dungi) of Ur was the second king of the Third Dynasty of Ur.

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Shuruppak

Shuruppak (𒋢𒆳𒊒𒆠, SU.KUR.RUki, "the healing place"), modern Tell Fara, was an ancient Sumerian city situated about 55 kilometres (35 mi) south of Nippur and 30 kilometers north of ancient Uruk on the banks of the Euphrates in Iraq's Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate.

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Simurrum

Simurrum (𒋛𒈬𒌨𒊑𒅎: Si-mu-ur-ri-im) was an important city state of the Mesopotamian area from around 2000 BCE to 1500 BCE, during the period of the Akkadian Empire down to Ur III.

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Sin (mythology)

Sin or Suen (𒀭𒂗𒍪, dEN.ZU) also known as Nanna (𒀭𒋀𒆠 DŠEŠ.KI, DNANNA) is the Mesopotamian god representing the moon. Third Dynasty of Ur and Sin (mythology) are ur.

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Sippar

Sippar (Sumerian:, Zimbir) was an ancient Near Eastern Sumerian and later Babylonian city on the east bank of the Euphrates river.

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Stele

A stele,From Greek στήλη, stēlē, plural στήλαι stēlai; the plural in English is sometimes stelai based on direct transliteration of the Greek, sometimes stelae or stelæ based on the inflection of Greek nouns in Latin, and sometimes anglicized to steles.) or occasionally stela (stelas or stelæ) when derived from Latin, is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected in the ancient world as a monument.

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Succession of states

Succession of states is a concept in international relations regarding a successor state that has become a sovereign state over a territory (and populace) that was previously under the sovereignty of another state.

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Sumer

Sumer is the earliest known civilization, located in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia (now south-central Iraq), emerging during the Chalcolithic and early Bronze Ages between the sixth and fifth millennium BC. Third Dynasty of Ur and Sumer are states and territories disestablished in the 20th century BC and states and territories established in the 3rd millennium BC.

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Sumerian King List

The Sumerian King List (abbreviated SKL) or Chronicle of the One Monarchy is an ancient literary composition written in Sumerian that was likely created and redacted to legitimize the claims to power of various city-states and kingdoms in southern Mesopotamia during the late third and early second millennium BC.

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Sumerian language

Sumerian (Also written 𒅴𒄀 eme-gi.ePSD2 entry for emegir.|'native language'|) was the language of ancient Sumer. Third Dynasty of Ur and Sumerian language are Sumer.

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Sumerian religion

Sumerian religion was the religion practiced by the people of Sumer, the first literate civilization found in recorded history and based in ancient Mesopotamia, and what is modern day Iraq. Third Dynasty of Ur and Sumerian religion are Sumer.

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Susa

Susa (Middle translit; Middle and Neo-translit; Neo-Elamite and Achaemenid translit; Achaemenid translit; شوش; שׁוּשָׁן; Σοῦσα; ܫܘܫ; 𐭮𐭥𐭱𐭩 or 𐭱𐭥𐭮; 𐏂𐎢𐏁𐎠) was an ancient city in the lower Zagros Mountains about east of the Tigris, between the Karkheh and Dez Rivers in Iran.

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Textile industry

The textile industry is primarily concerned with the design, production and distribution of textiles: yarn, cloth and clothing.

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Third Dynasty of Ur

The Third Dynasty of Ur, also called the Neo-Sumerian Empire, refers to a 22nd to 21st century BC (middle chronology) Sumerian ruling dynasty based in the city of Ur and a short-lived territorial-political state which some historians consider to have been a nascent empire. Third Dynasty of Ur and Third Dynasty of Ur are 22nd-century BC establishments, former empires in Asia, former monarchies, middle Eastern royal families, states and territories disestablished in the 20th century BC, states and territories disestablished in the 3rd millennium BC, states and territories established in the 3rd millennium BC, Sumer and ur.

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Tirigan

Tirigan (fl. late 3rd millennium BCE,, ti-ri₂-ga-a-an) was the 19th and last Gutian ruler in Sumer mentioned on the "Sumerian King List" (SKL).

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Turkey

Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.

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Tuttul

Tuttul (Akkadian: tu-ut-tu-ulki, Ugaritic: 𐎚𐎚𐎍 –) was an ancient Near East city.

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Umma

Umma (𒄑𒆵𒆠; in modern Dhi Qar Province in Iraq, was an ancient city in Sumer. There is some scholarly debate about the Sumerian and Akkadian names for this site. Traditionally, Umma was identified with Tell Jokha. More recently it has been suggested that it was located at Umm al-Aqarib, less than to its northwest or was even the name of both cities.

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Upper Mesopotamia

Upper Mesopotamia constitutes the uplands and great outwash plain of northwestern Iraq, northeastern Syria and southeastern Turkey, in the northern Middle East.

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Ur

Ur was an important Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern Tell el-Muqayyar (mound of bitumen) in Dhi Qar Governorate, southern Iraq.

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Ur-Nammu

Ur-Nammu (or Ur-Namma, Ur-Engur, Ur-Gur, Sumerian:, ruled c. 2112 BC – 2094 BC middle chronology) founded the Sumerian Third Dynasty of Ur, in southern Mesopotamia, following several centuries of Akkadian and Gutian rule.

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Uruk

Uruk, known today as Warka, was an ancient city in the Near East, located east of the current bed of the Euphrates River, on an ancient, now-dried channel of the river.

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Urukagina

Uru-ka-gina, Uru-inim-gina, or Iri-ka-gina (𒌷𒅗𒄀𒈾; 24th century BC, middle chronology) was King of the city-states of Lagash and Girsu in Mesopotamia, and the last ruler of the 1st Dynasty of Lagash.

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Utu-hengal

Utu-hengal (𒀭𒌓𒃶𒅅), also written Utu-heg̃al, Utu-heĝal, and sometimes transcribed as Utu-hegal, Utu-hejal, Utu-Khengal, was one of the first native kings of Sumer after two hundred years of Akkadian and Gutian rule, and was at the origin of the foundation of the Third Dynasty of Ur by his son-in-law Ur-Nammu.

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Wool

Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other mammals, especially goats, rabbits, and camelids.

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Zagros Mountains

The Zagros Mountains (Kuh hā-ye Zāgros; translit; translit;; Luri: Kûya Zagrus کویا زاگرس or کوه یل زاگرس) are a long mountain range in Iran, northern Iraq, and southeastern Turkey.

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19th century BC

The 19th century BC was the century that lasted from 1900 BC to 1801 BC.

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See also

22nd-century BC establishments

Middle Eastern royal families

States and territories disestablished in the 20th century BC

States and territories disestablished in the 3rd millennium BC

States and territories established in the 3rd millennium BC

Sumer

Ur

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Dynasty_of_Ur

Also known as 3rd Dynasty of Ur, Empire of Ur-Nammu, Fall of Ur, Neo-Sumer, Neo-Sumerian, Neo-Sumerian Empire, Sumerian Renaissance, UR III, Ur III Dynasty, Ur III Empire, Ur III period, Ur-III.

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