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| Ur was an ancient southern Mesopotamia (Sumer), situated about 140 miles (225km) southeast of the site of Babylon and about 10 miles (16 km) west of the present bed of the Euphrates River. During its habitation, the river ran next to the city. | ||
| The city was founded at some time around 4,000 BCE, by settlers thought to have been from northern Mesopotamia, farmers still in the Chalcolithic phase of culture. | ||
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| Between 2900 and 2400 BCE, Ur became the capital of the whole of southern Mesopotamia under the Early Sumerian kings. | ||
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