Ur
One of the oldest cities of Istaflumina (though not quite as old as Irrech), Ur flourishes today as a port city on the Gulf of Ur. Merchants bring products from throughout the river valleys, as well as from far-away places such as the Ammuyad Caliphate, to Ur. Here they trade them for goods from Jaati, Khemit, or even the jungles far to the south. During one of its periods of empire, a mighty ziggurat was built at Ur that can still be seen today. From the apex of the Ur ziggurat, the ancient stargazers surveyed the night sky and observed the passing of comets, and the birth and death of stars. It is said that these astronomers chronicled their findings, and the esoteric knowledge they gleaned from them, on cuneiform tablets so that the knowledge could be passed on to later generations. If this was done, however, the tablets have been lost to the centuries. The ziggurat is now dedicated to the worship of Ea, the god of wisdom.
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