“Ur of the Chaldees” (aka: Urin, Uru) is first seen in
history in the 26th Century BC/BCE. The first recorded king of the Sumerian city-state Ur is the
25th Century BC/BCE King Mesh-Ane-pada (aka: Mesannepada). This is the city from which Abram
(later renamed Abraham) was called by God. This would mean that Abram, the father of the nation of
Israel, was originally a Sumerian/Chaldean. The city is mentioned in Genesis 11:31 and in Nehemiah 9:7.
The ruins of the ancient city are now located at Tell
el-Muqayyar, Iraq.
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