City-Historical effects-Warka
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Al-Khidhir, Iraq
August 23, 2017 @ 23:00 (+03)
Warka or Uruk in Sumerian Uaurich in Greek is Sumerian and Babylonian city on the Euphrates River, 35 km from Ur city and about 30 km east of Samawah. The city of Warka is one of the first cultural centers in the world appeared in the beginning of the Bronze Age and appeared before about 4000 years BC and in the city of Orok invented writing and from this city appeared the first letter in the world and the limits of 3100 BC. The writing appeared in the first form where it was in its beginnings And later evolved into cuneiform writing. Uruk used to play a major role in the world at that time around 2900 BC. It is said that the city of Uruk had a length of circumference about 6 km and was the largest city in the world during that period and appeared in this city also the epic Gilgamesh, as well as where the pottery is not colored On the wheel (pottery wheel). Metal vessels were also manufactured. The cuneiform script was invented and was a simple picture of things on clay slabs that were burned. Follow the cuneiform line. The city of Warka has maintained its status as the city of Dinah and the center of the worship of the goddess Ishtar Goddess of Love and War and dedicated its temples to the worship of Ishtar, so the city maintained a kind of sanctity. The city lost its importance around 2000 BC after it was occupied by the Babylonians and the Elamites and remained intact during the Saluki and Barathi periods. The Euphrates River changed its course and as the cities of the ancient world depended on the streams of the rivers, the city was abandoned.
