What Are Some Interesting Facts About Eridu,  Eridu Was Revered as The Oldest City in the World

According to Sumerian legend, the city was founded by Enki, the god of water, crafts, knowledge, and creation. At the center of Eridu was the temple to Enki, E-Abzu, as Enki was believed to reside in an aquifer by the name of Abzu. The city that developed was built outwards from this center point. 

adjective   What are some interesting facts about Eridu?        Eridu was revered as the oldest city in Sumer, according to the king lists, and its patron god was Ea (Enki), “lord of the sweet waters that flow under the earth.” The city's site, located at a mound called Abū Shahrayn, was excavated principally between 1946 and 1949 by the Iraq Antiquities Department.

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Excavations have uncovered Ubaidian remains throughout southern Mesopotamia. The hallmark of the period was a painted pottery decorated with geometric and sometimes floral and animal designs in dark paint…

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The Ubaid period as a whole, based upon the analysis of grave goods, was one of increasingly polarized social stratification and decreasing egalitarianism.

Eridu is one of the earliest settlements in the region, founded c. 5400 BC during the Early Ubaid period, at that time close to the Persian Gulf near the mouth of the Euphrates River though in modern times about 90 miles inland.