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ID: 6005443
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6005443
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Fara (inhabited place)  Fara (inhabited place)

Note: Was a noted Sumerian center that flourished 4th-2nd mill. BC; probably was a dependent of Lagash; legendary site of great flood that left King Ziusudra the only survivor; he built an ark & repopulated the living world (repeated in Greek & Biblical tales).

Names:
Fara (preferred,C,V)
Shuruppak (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Iraq (nation)  ........  Iraq (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Al Qādisīyah (governorate)  ............  Al Qādisīyah (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of Fara (inhabited place)  ................  Fara (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  modern village stands on site of important ancient city that existed by 5th mill. BC
village (C)
archaeological site (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Fara..........  [VP Preferred]
...........  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 342
Shuruppak..........  [VP]
....................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 858
....................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) plate 34
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 858
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) plate 34
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 342
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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