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Ur Kasdim (Hebrew: אוּר כַּשְׂדִּים, romanized: ʾŪr Kaśdīm), commonly translated as Ur of the Chaldeans, is a city mentioned in the Hebrew Bible as the birthplace of Abraham, the patriarch of the Israelites and the Ishmaelites.
City in Mesopotamia from which Abraham migrated to Haran ( Gen 11:28, 31; 15:7; Neh 9:7 ). 1. Name and location. Until 1850, “Ur of the Chaldees” was considered to be Urfa, near Haran, S. Turkey, where there is a local tradition of Abraham’s residence to which he sent in search for a wife for Isaac ( Gen 24:1-10) from the “land of his ...
Ur was one of the first cities in human history and as such is of incredible importance to archaeologists, historians, and people all over the world. The site ‘disappeared’ sometime after 400 BCE when the river that gave it life, the mighty Euphrates, had eventually wandered on its inexorable course too far away from the city to allow for ...
Ur, important city of ancient southern Mesopotamia (Sumer) near the Euphrates River. It became the capital of Sumerian kings of the 1st dynasty of Ur. Some of the most important preserved monuments, including the ziggurat, belong to the 3rd dynasty.
28 apr 2011 · Ur was a city in the region of Sumer, southern Mesopotamia, and its ruins lie in what is modern-day Tell el-Muqayyar, Iraq. According to biblical tradition, the city is named after the man who founded the first settlement there, Ur, though this has been challenged.
