MythicUr, Uruk, Urartu, Armenia, Iran, Iraq, Ararat, Aram, Eridu
UBThe UR root, oldest identifiable root in human language
The UR root, oldest identifiable root in human language = Ur, Uruk, Urartu, Armenia, Iran, Iraq, Ararat, Aram, Eridu
The Connection
The UR root clusters geographically around Mesopotamia and the Armenian highlands, exactly where the UB places Dalamatia, the first Garden, the second Garden, and Van's highland headquarters. This is the cradle region of civilization in both mainstream scholarship and the UB.
UB Citation
UB 66-78 (regional history)
Academic Source
Kramer, The Sumerians (1963); Mallory, In Search of the Indo-Europeans (1989)
Historical Evidence(Moderate evidence)
The UR root is well-attested across Mesopotamian and Near Eastern place names as meaning "city/dwelling/foundation." The geographic cluster (Ur, Uruk, Urmia, Urartu, Urfa, Urusalim) forms a coherent pattern around the Fertile Crescent and Armenian highlands. Urartu/Van connection: the Urartian capital Tushpa was near modern Van. "Biainili, possibly pronounced Vanele, became Van in Old Armenian."