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The city of '''Ur''' is one of the oldest cities known to [[archaeology]], located between the [[Tigris]] and [[Euphrates]] Rivers near the [[Persian Gulf]].<ref name=ur>Stacey Pexa. [http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/sites/middle_east/ur.html Ur], ''University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology'', mnsu.edu, 1999.</ref> Ur is a place that often bears the title "cradle of civilization," which the [[Greeks]] called "the Land Between the Rivers," or [[Mesopotamia]].<ref name=NatHist>Azzam Alwash. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1134/is_9_116/ai_n21092828/ Water at war: Iraq's marshlands, once decimated by Saddam Hussein's campaign against his own people, are reviving with global aid], ''Natural History''. FindArticles.com. 14 Nov, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.amazeingart.com/seven-wonders/ziggurat.html The Sumerian Ziggurat at Ur], ''Amazeing Art''.</ref> The first settlers of this land were known as Ubaidians, identified with the Ubaid period from 5200-4500 B.C., and was ruled under a king known as Mes-Anni-Padda, who was succeeded by his son, A-Anni-Padda.<ref name=ur/> But it wasn't until the Sumerians arrived when the land developed an established civilization, because they brought with them [[art]] and [[literature]], which far surpassed that of the Ubaidians.<ref>[http://www.crystalinks.com/sumerhistory.html Sumerian History]</ref>  

The city of '''Ur''' is one of the oldest cities known to [[archaeology]], located between the [[Tigris]] and [[Euphrates]] Rivers near the [[Persian Gulf]].<ref name=ur>Stacey Pexa. [http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/archaeology/sites/middle_east/ur.html Ur], ''University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology'', mnsu.edu, 1999.</ref> Ur is a place that often bears the title "cradle of civilization," which the [[Greeks]] called "the Land Between the Rivers," or [[Mesopotamia]].<ref name=NatHist>Azzam Alwash. [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1134/is_9_116/ai_n21092828/ Water at war: Iraq's marshlands, once decimated by Saddam Hussein's campaign against his own people, are reviving with global aid], ''Natural History''. FindArticles.com. 14 Nov, 2009.</ref><ref>[http://www.amazeingart.com/seven-wonders/ziggurat.html The Sumerian Ziggurat at Ur], ''Amazeing Art''.</ref> The first settlers of this land were known as Ubaidians, identified with the Ubaid period from 5200-4500 B.C., and was ruled under a king known as Mes-Anni-Padda, who was succeeded by his son, A-Anni-Padda.<ref name=ur/> But it wasn't until the Sumerians arrived when the land developed an established civilization, because they brought with them [[art]] and [[literature]], which far surpassed that of the Ubaidians.<ref>[http://www.crystalinks.com/sumerhistory.html Sumerian History]</ref>