Uruk

Summary

Uruk is an ancient city^[1]. Uruk ranks in the top 2% of ancient_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (889 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Uruk is located in Samawah^[3].
• Uruk is located in Al Muthanna Governorate^[4].
• Uruk is in the country of Iraq^[5].
• Uruk's video is recorded as Uruk, erste Metropole der Weltgeschichte (CC BY 4.0).webm^[6].
• Uruk's image is recorded as Uruk Archaeological site at Warka.jpg^[7].
• Uruk's image is recorded as Part of front of Inanna temple of Kara Indasch from Uruk Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin.jpg^[8].
• Uruk's continent is recorded as Asia^[9].
• Uruk's instance of is recorded as ancient city^[10].
• Uruk's instance of is recorded as archaeological site^[11].
• Uruk's instance of is recorded as type site^[12].
• Uruk's instance of is recorded as city-state^[13].
• Uruk's instance of is recorded as human settlement^[14].
• Uruk's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 315170028^[15].
• Uruk's GND ID is recorded as 4062188-1^[16].
• Uruk's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85044578^[17].
• Uruk's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 11932913s^[18].
• Uruk's IdRef ID is recorded as 027244296^[19].
• Uruk's location is recorded as Mesopotamia^[20].
• Uruk's location is recorded as Sumer^[21].
• Uruk's part of is recorded as Ahwar of Southern Iraq^[22].
• Uruk's part of is recorded as Warka^[23].
• Uruk's Commons category is recorded as Uruk^[24].
• Uruk's has part is recorded as Kula^[25].
• -3200-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Uruk^[26].
• Uruk's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 31.3259, 'lon': 45.6374}^[27].

Body

Founding

-3200-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Uruk^[26].

Identity

Part of include Ahwar of Southern Iraq^[22], a cultural landscape^[28], in Iraq^[29] and Warka^[23], an archaeological site^[30], in Iraq^[31].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Uruk include Uruk period^[32], an archaeological culture^[33] and Uruk Sulcus^[34], a fossa^[35].

Why It Matters

Uruk ranks in the top 2% of ancient_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (889 views/month).^[2] Uruk has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[36] Uruk is known by 44 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[37]

Entities named for Uruk include Uruk period^[32], an archaeological culture^[33] and Uruk Sulcus^[34], a fossa^[35].