Talk:Eridu

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I cut {{Arabic}} since it was wrong. "Eridu" is an approximation of the Sumerian word for this place, and Sumerian was not, of course, written in Arabic script. TCC (talk) (contribs) 19:59, 3 June 2006 (UTC)

Tisk tisk tisk this article lies

[edit] some infos

Eridug comes from Eri.dugga means "Good City" in Sumerian. It was also called Habur (because near Habur River).

The first city by the sea, at extreme south of Sumer (at the mounds of Abu-Shahrain). At that time it was not sand but sea.

King-God Enki came from Dilmun (Bahrein) and created the city. He will be called later Ea. Adapa (Adam) lived there.

Tell Abu Shahrain was excavated in the 1940s by Fuad Safar and Seton Lloyd. It is near actual Bassora.

See : http://www.atlastours.net/iraq/eridu.html

I will add these infos to main article. Saggiga

Note to user "Codex Sinaiticus" : why did you reverse the changing, I improved the article just before.

I mean it is pointeless that I use so much energy in improving articles here, really.

Saggiga

Hi, you seem kind of new to wikipedia, but generally speaking, we operate by consensus here. I have this article on my watchlist, as do most all of the editors who have ever edited it. The things you removed were added in by the previous editors before you got here, and for my part, I did not see any good reason to remove this information. You are welcome to make a case for such removal here -- you might convince me or enough other editors, if your reason is logical. Note, some of your first changes, that did not involve blanking information, are still there now; here is the net difference. Regards, ፈቃደ (ውይይት) 22:20, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

sorry ! I will make propositions for improvement in the future ;).

Thanks for your understanding, yes it is true I am quite new to this .

Saggiga

[edit] Age of Eridu

Eridu dates to the earliest phase of the Ubaid period 5,300 BCE - a lot older than 3,900 BCE. John D. Croft (talk) 15:05, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Distances

7 miles is approximately 12 kilometers. Since Wikipedia is not just an American encyclopedia, I suggest we use both miles and kilometers John D. Croft (talk) 15:25, 19 April 2008 (UTC)