Uruk

E37108

Sumerian city ancient city archaeological site

Uruk was one of the earliest major cities in ancient Sumer and Mesopotamia, renowned as a political, religious, and cultural center often associated with the legendary king Gilgamesh.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Uruk canonical	41
Inanna in Uruk	1
Uruk (city-state)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sumerian city ⓘ ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
associatedWith	Epic of Gilgamesh ⓘ Gilgamesh ⓘ
country	Iraq ⓘ
developed	administrative record-keeping ⓘ early cuneiform writing ⓘ
era	Bronze Age ⓘ
excavatedBy	German archaeological missions ⓘ
flourishedIn	4th millennium BCE ⓘ late 4th millennium BCE ⓘ
governedBy	kings of Uruk ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSiteName	Warka ⓘ
hasCityWall	massive fortification walls ⓘ
hasFeature	administrative buildings ⓘ residential quarters ⓘ temple complexes ⓘ ziggurats ⓘ
hasLegendaryKing	Enmerkar ⓘ Gilgamesh ⓘ Enmerkar ⓘ surface form: Lugalbanda
hasRole	cultural center ⓘ political center ⓘ religious center ⓘ
hasTemple	Anu ziggurat ⓘ Eanna temple complex ⓘ
influenced	later Mesopotamian cities ⓘ
knownFor	being one of the earliest major cities in history ⓘ cultural influence ⓘ early writing ⓘ monumental architecture ⓘ political importance ⓘ religious significance ⓘ urbanization ⓘ
languageUsed	Sumerian ⓘ
locatedIn	Sumer ⓘ surface form: ancient Sumer Iraqi alluvial plain ⓘ surface form: southern Mesopotamia
locatedInPresentDay	Iraq ⓘ
locatedNear	Euphrates ⓘ surface form: Euphrates River
majorDeity	Anu ⓘ Inanna ⓘ
mentionedIn	Epic of Gilgamesh ⓘ Sumerian King List ⓘ surface form: Sumerian king lists
modernName	Warka ⓘ
partOf	Mesopotamia ⓘ
precededBy	Ubaid period settlements ⓘ
timePeriod	Early Dynastic period ⓘ surface form: Uruk period
writingSystem	cuneiform ⓘ

Referenced by (43)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mesopotamia → contains → Uruk ⓘ

Neo-Babylonian Empire → significantPlace → Uruk ⓘ

Sumer → hasCityState → Uruk ⓘ

Sumer → capitalAtVariousTimes → Uruk ⓘ

Inanna → mainCultCenter → Uruk ⓘ

Anu → residence → Uruk ⓘ

Anu → majorCultCenter → Uruk ⓘ

Epic of Gilgamesh → hasSetting → Uruk ⓘ

Chaldeans → associatedWithCity → Uruk ⓘ

Sumerian language → primaryCenters → Uruk ⓘ

Ancient Near East → earliestCitiesInclude → Uruk ⓘ

Eanna temple complex → locatedIn → Uruk ⓘ

Inanna and the Huluppu Tree → setting → Uruk ⓘ

Sumerian literature → primaryCitiesFeatured → Uruk ⓘ

Early Dynastic period → hasCapital → Uruk ⓘ

Sumerian King List → listsCity → Uruk ⓘ

Akitu → celebratedIn → Uruk ⓘ

Sumerian religion → associatedWithCity → Uruk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Inanna in Uruk

Gilgamesh → reignLocation → Uruk ⓘ

Gilgamesh → associatedCity → Uruk ⓘ

Ur III dynasty → territoryIncludes → Uruk ⓘ

Uruk archaeological site → alternateName → Uruk ⓘ

Fate/Grand Order - Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia → featuresLocation → Uruk ⓘ

Eannatum → expandedControlOver → Uruk ⓘ

Lugalzagesi → ruled → Uruk ⓘ

Lugalzagesi → associatedWithCity → Uruk ⓘ

Enmerkar → capital → Uruk ⓘ

Enmerkar → associatedWithPlace → Uruk ⓘ

An → worshipedIn → Uruk ⓘ

Enkidu → travelsTo → Uruk ⓘ

Shamhat → servesAt → Uruk ⓘ

Shamhat → associatedWithPlace → Uruk ⓘ

Ninsun → worshipPlace → Uruk ⓘ

Anu ziggurat → locatedIn → Uruk ⓘ

Warka → modernNameOf → Uruk ⓘ

Warka → hasAlternativeName → Uruk ⓘ

Mesopotamian cuneiform → earliestEvidenceSite → Uruk ⓘ

worship of Ishtar → practicedIn → Uruk ⓘ

Akkadian Empire → precededBy → Uruk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Uruk (city-state)

Lower Mesopotamia → contains → Uruk ⓘ

Fertile Crescent → archaeologicalSite → Uruk ⓘ

Achaemenid satrapy of Babylonia → majorCity → Uruk ⓘ

Neo-Babylonian architecture → majorCenter → Uruk ⓘ