Mystery AtlasUruk
One of the largest and most powerful cities of ancient Sumer, in southern Mesopotamia, and the city the Sumerian King List and the Epic of Gilgamesh both associate with Gilgamesh's kingship.
In Mesopotamia
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People
- Gilgameshtraditionally placed c. 27th century BC; earliest texts naming him date from c. 2100 BC
Uruk was ruled by Gilgamesh — The Sumerian King List and the Epic of Gilgamesh both place his kingship at Uruk, but no inscription contemporary with his supposed 27th-century-BC reign has been recovered; the claim rests entirely on sources compiled centuries later.
Places
Uruk is located in Mesopotamia.