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Reminds me about the theory about how the Persian Gulf was the origin of the first civilisations and the origin of the myth of paradise. As the water rose peopl

Reminds me about the theory about how the Persian Gulf was the origin of the first civilisations and the origin of the myth of paradise. As the water rose people was displaced and eventually ended up forming ur.

dgellow 5y ago
In case people aren't familiar with Ur (I wasn't): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur > Ur was an important Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern "Tell el-Muqayyar" in south Iraq's Dhi Qar Governorate. Although Ur was once a coastal city near the mouth of the Euphrates on the Persian Gulf, the coastline has shifted and the city is now well inland, on the south bank of the Euphrates, 16 kilometres from Nasiriyah in modern-day Iraq. The city dates from the Ubaid period circa 3800 BC, and is recorded in written history as a city-state from the 26th century BC, its first recorded king being Mesannepada. The pictures of the Ziggurat are really impressive.
- christkv 5y ago
  You might enjoy this podcast about the rise and fall of the Sumerians https://youtu.be/d2lJUOv0hLA https://youtu.be/d2lJUOv0hLA
  - dgellow 5y ago
    Thanks for sharing :)
- HappyDreamer 5y ago
  I also wasn't. Quite depressing laws they had, I think: 6. If a man violates the right of another and deflowers the virgin wife of a young man, they shall kill that male. 7. If the wife of a man followed after another man and he slept with her, they shall slay that woman, but that male shall be set free. ... and slaves of course ... (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_Ur-Nammu#Surviving_laws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_Ur-Nammu#Surviving_law... ) Has it been like that for 4000+ years (at some places) :-( > pictures of the Ziggurat are really impressive Yes :-)
  - dgellow 5y ago
    Wow, yeah, that’s pretty awful. Glad I’m living in the modern world where that kind of ruling would be considered an abomination.

dgellow 5y ago

In case people aren't familiar with Ur (I wasn't): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur > Ur was an important Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern "Tell el-Muqayyar" in south Iraq's Dhi Qar Governorate. Although Ur was once a coastal city near the mouth of the Euphrates on the Persian Gulf, the coastline has shifted and the city is now well inland, on the south bank of the Euphrates, 16 kilometres from Nasiriyah in modern-day Iraq. The city dates from the Ubaid period circa 3800 BC, and is recorded in written history as a city-state from the 26th century BC, its first recorded king being Mesannepada. The pictures of the Ziggurat are really impressive.

christkv 5y ago
You might enjoy this podcast about the rise and fall of the Sumerians https://youtu.be/d2lJUOv0hLA https://youtu.be/d2lJUOv0hLA
- dgellow 5y ago
  Thanks for sharing :)
HappyDreamer 5y ago
I also wasn't. Quite depressing laws they had, I think: 6. If a man violates the right of another and deflowers the virgin wife of a young man, they shall kill that male. 7. If the wife of a man followed after another man and he slept with her, they shall slay that woman, but that male shall be set free. ... and slaves of course ... (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_Ur-Nammu#Surviving_laws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_of_Ur-Nammu#Surviving_law... ) Has it been like that for 4000+ years (at some places) :-( > pictures of the Ziggurat are really impressive Yes :-)
- dgellow 5y ago
  Wow, yeah, that’s pretty awful. Glad I’m living in the modern world where that kind of ruling would be considered an abomination.