Uruk/Orchoe/Erech/Orikut

settlement · 6200 BC – 2100 AD

Uruk was an ancient Sumerian (and later Babylonian) city located on the Euphrates river. At its height (ca. 2900 BC), Uruk's population may have topped 50,000 people and its walls enclosed an area of more than six square kilometers, making it the largest city in the world at that point in time.

Coordinates

31.32338, 45.63905

Also known as

Erech (akk), Orcheni, Orchoe, Orchoē, Orchoe, Orchoë (grc), Orikut, Tall al-Warkāʾ, Tall al-Warka', Tall al-Warka, Tell el-Warka', Tell el-Warka (arb), Tulūl al-Warkāʾ (arb), Unu(g), Unug, Unu (sux), Unug, Uruk (en), Uruk, Uruk, UNUG.KI, UNU.KI (akk), Warka (de), Warkāʼ (ar), Warqa, al-Warkāʾ, al-Warka', al-Warka, el-Warka', el-Warka, Warqa (arb), ʾrk (arc), Урук (be), ארך (he), اوروک (fa), وركاء (ar), وركاء (ar), उरुक (hi), উরুক (bn), ኦሬክ (am), Ὀρχόη (el), 𒌷𒀕 (akk)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• OpenHistoricalMap · CC0 1.0
  © OpenHistoricalMap contributors
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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