Great Ziggurat Of Ur & The Ancient City In Mesopotamia. Birthplace of Abraham? Nasiriyah, Iraq.

Mesopotamia was one of the cradles of civilization 6000 years ago, located in the fertile valley between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates, it was the birthplace of current day society and the first writing system.
Every important city in Mesopotamia had a marvel showing the magnificence of their civilization, these marvels are known to us as Ziggurats. Way back in the day around the birth of civilization 5800 year ago the coastal city of Ur was founded.
The city is now known as Tell el-Muqayyar and is located in the Modern day city of Nasiriya in the Dhi Qar Governorate of southern Iraq. The very first mention of Ur in written history was in the 26th century BCE, with its first recorded king being Mesannepada.
We’ve learned in my deep dive about the Ziggurat of Uruk that the Mesopotamian cities had a Patron Deity. In Uruk we learned that the God Anu was the Patron Deity which over time got replaced by the Goddess Inanna.
Here in the City of Ur they had a different Patron Deity, the Moon God Nanna was the Protector of this city, the City was even literally named; The abode of Nanna. Around 2050 BCE construction on the Great Ziggurat of Ur started, and at the latest it was completed at 1980 BCE.
Just like with the Anu Ziggurat of Uruk construction started on the bottom with the mud bricks slowly making their way to the flat platform surface approximately 30 meters in height. The base of the Ziggurat is 64 meters in length and 45 meters in width.
It is said that King Ur-Nammu had ordered the construction of the Ziggurat during the Third Dynasty of Ur, also known as the Neo-Sumerian Empire. But it’s thought that under the rule of King Shulgi the Ziggurat was finished.