Ur and Uruk

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TEST 266Cambridge Objective IELTS Advanced · Questions 1–9

Ur and Uruk

Complete the summary below.

Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORD AND/OR A NUMBER for each answer.

Ur

The excavations of Ur led by Leonard Woolley (1922 – 1) revealed that Ur was founded over 2 years ago. Its inhabitants were among the earliest people to bring water and 3 under their control.

Away from the river, conditions made it difficult to 4 everyone. As the population increased, the inhabitants needed to get more supplies through 5. The world's first writing system arose in Ur to record how much 6 they had.

Uruk

Population exceeded 7 (compared to 34,000 in Ur at the same time). Uruk was known as the 8 city.

Uruk was actually two cities combined: Kullab and Eanna, the 9 centre.