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| | Urkesh - definition of Urkesh in Encyclopedia |
 | | Although many aspects of its history remain obscure, it appears to have been a city-state governing a kingdom possibly called Nawar. | | | It came under the control of the Akkadian Empire in what is believed to have been a dynastic alliance between the kings of Urkesh and Akkad, with the daughter of the Akkadian king, Naram-Sin, being married to the king of Urkesh. | | | The city appears to have been abandoned about half-way through the second millennium BC, though the reason for this is as yet unknown. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Urkesh
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| | Encyclopedia: Abraham |
| | This is in keeping with the local tradition that Abraham was born in Urfa; or with the nearby Urkesh, which others identify with "Ur of the Chaldees". | | | Urkesh was a city situated in the foothills of the Taurus Mountains in what is now northern Syria It was founded during the third millennium BC by the Hurrians on a site which appears to have been inhabited on a small scale for centuries (at least since 5000 BC, the... | | | They also say "Chaldees" refers to a group of gods called Khaldis. |
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http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Abraham
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| | Webcast: “The Discovery of Ancient Urkesh and the Question of Meaning in Archaeology” | | | WZKM 86: “The Seals of the King of Urkesh” | | | Art of the First Cities: “Tell Mozan (Ancient Urkesh)” |
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http://128.97.6.202/urkeshpublic/library.htm
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| | Sin, at Urkesh in L. al- Gailani Werr, et al., eds., Of Pots and Plans. |
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http://www.rojava.net/30.07.2005zagrohaco-leylan.htm
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