1·They did so, first, in the Fertile Crescent, the sweep of productive land that ran through Iraq, Syria, Jordan and Palestine, from which Jericho, Ur, Nineveh and Babylon (pictured above) would emerge.
城市逐渐成型。 首先，在“新月沃地”（指穿越伊拉克、叙利亚、约旦及巴基斯坦等地区的一连串肥沃的土地，状似一轮新月）上，先后涌现了巴勒斯坦古城耶利哥、乌尔、古代亚述的首都尼尼微以及巴比伦。
2·The most impressive monument of his reign was the ziggurat at Ur.
在他统治期间，给人最深刻印象的纪念碑是乌尔的金字形神塔。
3·Less than a mile to the west lay the ruins of Ur of the Chaldees, the world's first great metropolis and the city where Abraham lived.
向西走不到英里，便是迦勒底的乌尔遗址，世界上第一个大都市，也是亚伯拉罕居住的城市。
4·Dagan was the animal managing center in ancient Mesopotamia and studying its documents will be the most important task for understanding the palace economy of Ur III Dynasty.
普兹瑞什达干司是古代两河流域影响深远的贡牲中心，在乌尔第三王朝的经济管理体系中占有十分重要地位。
5·There are, however, massive brick pillars in Sumerian buildings at Ur and at Kish.
不过，在乌尔和渴石的苏美尔人的建筑物中，有用砖砌成的粗大的柱子。
1·And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees.
哈兰死在他的本地迦勒底的吾珥，在他父亲他拉之先。
2·When God first called Abraham, he was living in the city of Ur on the Euphrates River about 275 km. south of Babylon.
当神最初呼召亚伯拉罕的时候，亚伯拉罕居住在巴比伦以南275公里，幼发拉底河流域沿岸的吾珥城。