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ID: 6005443
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6005443
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Fara (inhabited place)  Fara (inhabited place)

Note: Was a noted Sumerian center that flourished 4th-2nd mill. BC; probably was a dependent of Lagash; legendary site of great flood that left King Ziusudra the only survivor; he built an ark & repopulated the living world (repeated in Greek & Biblical tales).

Names:
Fara (preferred,C,V)
Shuruppak (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Al-ʻIrāq (nation)  ........  Al-ʻIrāq (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Al Qādisīyah (governorate)  ............  Al Qādisīyah (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of Fara (inhabited place)  ................  Fara (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  modern village stands on site of important ancient city that existed by 5th mill. BC
village (C)
archaeological site (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Fara..........  [VP Preferred]
...........  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 342
Shuruppak..........  [VP]
....................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 858
....................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) plate 34
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 858
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1992) plate 34
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 342
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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