Eridu (present-day Abu Shahrein, Iraq) was considered the first city in the world by the ancient Sumerians and is among the most ancient of the ruins from Mesopotamia. Founded circa 5400 BCE, Eridu was thought to have been created by the gods, who established order upon the earth with Eridu as the starting point.
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c. 2900 BCEProbable date of the regional Great Flood when the river Euphrates rose.
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c. 2300 BCEThe Eridu Genesis - The Sumerian Flood Story - is composed.
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2100 BCEZiggurats in use in Sumerian cities of Eridu, Uruk, Ur, Nippur and elsewhere.
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c. 600 BCEThe city of Eridu is abandoned.
