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 * The History of Cities **
 * City of Uruk **
 * **The Epic of Gilgamesh**
 * The City of Eridu **
 * The City of Ur **
 * ** Women's Lives in Mesopotamia **
 * City of Catalhoyuk **
 * Oldest Continually Inhabited Cities **
 * **Native American Cities of Cahokia and Etzanoa**

The History of Cities

 * Watch As the World's Cities Appear One-By-One Over 6000 Years**


 * Where and Why Did the First Cities and States Appear?**


 * The 16 Greatest Cities in Human History**
 * **Jericho was the largest city in 7000 BCE with 2,000 people**
 * **Rome was the largest in 200 AD with 1,200,000 people**
 * **Baghdad the largest in 900 with 900,000 people**
 * **London the largest in 1825 with 1,335,000 people**
 * **Tokyo the largest in 1968 with 20,500,000 people**
 * **Karachi, Pakistan with 23,500,000 people**

City of Uruk
Uruk: The First City, Heilbronn Timeline of Art History, Metropolitan Museum of Art

[|The White Temple], greatest of the Uruk temples, was dedicated to the sky god Anu

The World's First Big City, Kahn Academy

**See Influential Literature Page on The Epic of Gilgamesh**


 * The History Surrounding The Epic of Gilgamesh**

Archaeological Site Photographs: Uruk, The Oriental Institute, University of Chicago

The city of Ur was an important community located at the mouth of the Euphrates River
[|Ur in the Age of Hammurabi] from Odyssey: Adventures in Archaeology

[|The Royal Tombs of UR] from the British Museum

** [|Treasures from the Royal Tombs of Ur] from Saint Louis Art Museum **

[|The Great Ziggurat of Ur]on YouTube

[|Accessing Women's Lives in Mesopotamia]

[|Women in Mesopotamia]


 * City of Eridu **


 * The city of Eridu was located southwest of Ur in modern day Iraq**.
 * Eridu was regarded by the Sumerian scribes as the oldest city in the world.

The Sumerian god, Enki, is the fabled founder of Eridu.

Enki was known as the Sumerian god of fresh water and wisdom.



Explanation of the divine kingship believed in by the Sumerians of southern Mesopotamia. []

Eridu was described as the first city and was regarded as a sacred city for the gods. The city was mainly used as a meeting place for worship and service to the gods.

Eridu was a city built around temples that were dedicated to the Sumerian gods.
 * Here is a re-creation of a temple in Eridu

City of Catalhoyuk
Neolithic Site of Catalhoyuk, United Nations World Heritage Centre ======

Mysteries of Catalhoyuk, Science Museum of Minnesota

5th Graders Utilize 3D Printing to Create Their Custom Cities


 * The World's Oldest Continually Inhabited Cities, The Telegraph**
 * **Jericho, Palestine (9000 BCE)**
 * **Byblos, Lebanon (5000 BCE)**
 * **Aleppo, Syria (4300 BCE)**
 * **Damascus, Syria (4300 BCE)**
 * **Susa, Iran (4,200 BCE)**


 * [[image:Screen Shot 2017-03-23 at 1.58.11 PM.png]]Link to pages for Native American Cities of Cahokia and Etzanoa**