Sumerian kings regained control around the 21st century B.C., in a period historians call the Third Dynasty of Ur. Its founder, Ur-Nammu, was a great general, reformer, and innovator. He is ...

Mesopotamia, located in the fertile valley between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, was one of the cradles of civilization around 6000 years ago and the birthplace of the first writing system. Each ...

Sumer is a region in southern Mesopotamia ... This specific ziggurat was built by King Ur-Nammu in honor of the Sin, god of the moon. It was created with mud mixed with chopped straw bricks. There are ...

UR, Iraq — As the world mourns the looting of invaluable antiquities from the National Museum of Iraq in Baghdad, farther south, curator Dhief Muhsen calmly recounted how he remained at his post ...

The original lawgiver was not Moses. They were Ur-Nammu of the city of Ur located in what is now Iraq, the Sumerian Code of Lipit-Ishtar of Isin and the Code of Hammurabi, who was King of Babylon ...

Ur developed around 4000 B.C. from the toil of Ubaidian residents of Sumer. By 2800 B.C., ancient ... zenith in its third dynasty under king Ur Nammu, who launched a renaissance of literature ...

The story of Ur is the story of war. It is as true today as it was 4,000 years ago when the neighboring Elamites swept in and destroyed what had become the first great city in recorded history.

The tombs were the work of the ancient culture of Sumer that had flourished at the ... have linked this ziggurat to the ruler Ur-Nammu, who built many ziggurats at other Mesopotamian sites.

It is thought to have reached its apogee under King Ur-Nammu, an accomplished warrior and founder of Sumer's third dynasty, who is believed to have lived between 2112 and 2095 BC. During his rule ...