Ancient History by Letter ‘U’

City-state in Southern Mesopotamia, site of a large Ziggurat and the capital of the Neo-Sumerian Empire

Third century Bishop of Rome or Pope, the first of his name

Neolithic port city in Northern Syria, founded circa 6000 BC, lasted until the Late Bronze Age Collapse around 1200 BC

Italic tribal group of central Iron-Age Italy, gave their name to a modern region

Prehistoric period of ancient Mesopotamia, spanning roughly 6500 BC - 4000 BC

Non Indo-European language family originating in Northern Eurasia, evolved into modern languages including Hungarian, Finnish and Sami

Sumerian city-state famous for it’s territorial wars with Lagash, home of Lugalzagezi, possibly the first Emperor in history

Roman name for Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca and veteran of the Trojan Wars

Late Vedic Sanskrit texts, supplied the basis of Hindu philosophy

Ethnic group, originally Turkic peoples from the Tarim Basin in Central Asia, now the largest group in the Xinjiang region of Western China

Sumerian city-state dominant in the 4th Millenium BC, gave it’s name to the period

Late Bronze-Age culture of Central Europe named for their burial rituals. Later succeeded by the Celtic Hallstatt culture

Large red rock, central to ancient Aboriginal mythology