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PMR528-05 Iraq: Uruk, the city which succeeded Ur and was continuously inhabited from about 4000 BC until 500 AD, where the first writing system (cuneiform) was developed. The 9.5-kilometre-long city wall was built by King Gilgamesh and described in his Epic: part of the facade of a more recent temple, decorated with blue ceramic tiles, from about 110 AD. Keywords: Mesopotamia, desert, ruined city, Muslim, Islam, natural heritage, archeology, archeological, historical

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PMR528-05
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Iraq: Uruk, the city which succeeded Ur and was continuously

inhabited from about 4000 BC until 500 AD, where the first writing system (cuneiform) was developed. The 9.5-kilometre-long city wall was built by King Gilgamesh and described in his Epic:
part of the facade of a more recent temple, decorated with blue ceramic tiles, from about 110 AD.
Keywords: Mesopotamia, desert, ruined city, Muslim, Islam, natural heritage, archeology, archeological, historical