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Shinar
Facts:
Shinar means "country of two rivers" and was the name of a plain or region in southern Mesopotamia.
- Shinar later became known as "Chaldea" and then, "Babylonia."
- Ancient peoples living in the city of Babel in the Plain of Shinar built a tall tower to try to make themselves great.
- Generations later, the Jewish patriarch Abraham lived in the city of Ur in this region, which by that time was called "Chaldea."
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(See also: abraham · babel · babylon · chaldeans · mesopotamia · patriarchs · ur)