Uruk, First Metropolis, Is On View At Pergamon Museum In Berlin (4/4/2013)Uruk is commemorated in the epic poem of Gilgamesh, written on clay tablets about 2,000 B.C. and telling story of a legendary king. A figurine of Gilgamesh features in the exhibition.
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P.S. Uruk rhymes with Iraq.