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Erech (deserted settlement) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 31 18 57 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 31.3167 decimal degrees |
| Long: 045 39 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 45.6500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Along with nearby Ur, one of the oldest urban centers in the world, dating to at least 4000 BCE. Local Summerians invented writing here in 3500 BCE. It was enclosed by brick walls six miles in circumference reputedly built by legendary king Gilgamesh. |
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| Erech (preferred,C,O,display)
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| Warkā', Tall al (C,V)
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| Tall al Warkā' (C,V)
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| Warka, Tel al (C,V)
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| Tel al Warka (C,V)
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| Warkā', Tall al- (C,V)
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| Tall al-Warkā' (C,V)
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| Warkā' (C,V)
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| Tall al Warna (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
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| Warka (C,V)
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| Warqa (C,V)
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| Uruk (H,O)
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| Akkadian Uruk (H,V)
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| Orchoë (H,V)
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| Orchoe (H,O,Greek (transliterated),U,N)
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| Orikut (H,V)
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| Unug (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Erech (deserted settlement) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| deserted settlement (preferred, C) |
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| archaeological site (C) |
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noted for ruins of walls, temple, library, and ziggurat |
| ruins (C) |
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| inhabited place (H) |
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founded in 6th millennium BCE |
| religious center (H) |
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| city (H) |
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one of the cities of Sumer |
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Related geographic places: |
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| possibly identified as .... |
Eresh .......... (lost settlement) |
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(World, Asia, Al-ʻIrāq, Sumer) [7593911] |
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