Uruk in a sentence

The people of Uruk diverted the flow of the Euphrates passing Uruk for the purpose of burying the dead king within the river bed.

There's some dispute about the comparative periodization of Susa and Uruk at this time, as well as about the extent of Uruk influence in Susa.

The spread of Uruk material is not evidence of Uruk domination; it could be local choice".

In Return of the King, to add jocularity to the Battle of Pelennor Fields, Gimli resumed his competition with Legolas of who could kill the most Uruk-hai.

A family of black-necked cranes, a pair and two juveniles, were spotted roosting in an artificial pond in Uruk, Bumthang.

It's not stated whether the half-orcs were created using regular breeding methods, with the Uruk-hai being made through magical means.

According to some scholars, Susa may have been a colony of Uruk.

Agade was defeated and its kingship carried off to Uruk.

Also, Potts stresses the fact that the writing and numerical systems of Uruk were not simply borrowed in Susa wholesale.

Archaeologists speculate that beer was instrumental in the formation of civilizations. citation Approximately 5000 years ago, workers in the city of Uruk (modern day Iraq) were paid by their employers in beer.

At first Enki, the god of Eridu attempted to retrieve these sources of his power, but later willingly accepted that Uruk now was the centre of the land.

Classical sources like Strabo mention different "schools" and "doctrines" followed in different places (Babylon, Borsippa, Sippar, Uruk).

Despite the fact that Uruk was far larger than Susa at the time, Susa was not its colony, but still maintained some independence for a long time, according to Potts.

During this period Uruk became the most urbanized city in the world, surpassing for the first time 50,000 inhabitants.

Enki realises that he has been tricked in his hubris and accepts a peace treaty forever with Uruk.

Inanna escapes her pursuers and arrives safely back at the quay at Uruk.

It is fairly certain that it was during the Uruk period that Sumerian cities began to make use of slave labor captured from the hill country, and there is ample evidence for captured slaves as workers in the earliest texts.

Major cities, such as Ur and Uruk, took root on tributaries of the Euphrates, while others, notably Lagash, were built on branches of the Tigris.

Politically, this myth would seem to indicate events of an early period when political authority passed from Enki's city of Eridu to Inanna's city of Uruk.

She begs the moon god Nanna to intercede for her because the city of Uruk, under the ruler Lugalanne, has rebelled against Sargon.