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- The Early Period & Excavation
- The Hero-Kings of Akkad
- Ur-Nammu & Shulgi: The Sumerian Renaissance
- The Decline of Ur & Excavation
The site became famous in 1922 when Sir Leonard Wooley excavated the ruins and discovered what he called The Great Death Pit (an elaborate grave complex), the Royal Tombs, and, more significantly to him, claimed to have found evidence of the Great Flood described in the Book of Genesis (this claim was later discredited but continues to find support...
This changed with the rise of Sargon of Akkad (r. 2334-2279 BCE) and his Akkadian Empire which ruled over the diverse regions of Mesopotamia between 2334-2083 BCE. Sargon the Great claimed to have been born of a priestess and a god, floated down the river in a basket of bulrushes to be found by the servant of the king of the city of Lagash, and ros...
Ur-Nammu wrote down the first codified law system of the land, the Code of Ur-Nammu, some three hundred years before Hammurabi of Babylon would write his, and governed his realm in accordance with a patriarchal hierarchy in which he was the father guiding his children to prosperity and continued health. Under Ur-Nammu the great ziggurat was built a...
In the Old Babylonian Period (c. 2000-1600 BCE) Ur remained a city of importance and was considered a centre of learning and culture. According to scholar Gwendolyn Leick, “The `heirs' of Ur, the kings of Isin and Larsa, were keen to show their respect to the gods of Ur by repairing the devastated temples” (180) and the Kassitekings, who later conq...
- Joshua J. Mark
This is our world, oh, this is our earth, oh, This is the place where we belong, This is our home, oh, this is our time, oh, This is the place where we come from. Try to re-use, Recycle what you can, You do your part, And give a helping hand. This is our world, oh, this is our earth, oh, This is the place where we belong, This is our home, oh ...
This is our world. Words and Music by Joanna Forbes and Alexander L’Estrange. This is a sophisticated part-song, written as a rock ballad, which conveys strong messages about the role of young people as caretakers of the planet.
Authoritative information about the hymn text This Is My Father's World, with lyrics, MIDI files, audio recordings, PDF files, printable scores, piano resources, and products for worship planners.
