Uruk

𒌷𒀕 = 𒌷𒀔
𒀔𒆠 unug nagar (dwelling)
𒀔𒆠 unug Uruk

𒆳 Uruk : "one third city, one third garden, one third field" vs quarters 𓊖

Unlike the 'Ubaid' phenomenon which was polycentric and in which the association with the city of Ubaid is mostly a modern artifact, the later Uruk world system truly revolves around Uruk:

The early Uruk was a consumer of by then higher advanced mountainous regions:

This picture changed: Already by the Middle Uruk period and continuing into the Late Uruk period, the heartland of the Uruk state expe- rienced an increase in population, with the number of settlements in the Uruk hinterland multiplying tenfold. In contrast to this, the number of settlements in the neighboring regions of northern Mesopotamia and the Susiana sharply decreased while coming under the influence of the Uruk culture.

Notably the technological progress of Egypt is more closely linked to Elam than to Uruk, but it is a close match. Susa and more importantly by a factor of five Anshan and their hinterlands were relatively on eye level with Uruk.

Ubaid

Eridu

The sacred quarter of Eridu, site of the main monumental structures of the Ubaid period in Lower Mesopotamia, is poorly known for the Uruk period though Uruk Period pottery was found there.

Uruk world system

𓊖 𒆠 enclave quarters 𓊕 town 𐍄𐌿𐌻𐌲𐌹𐌸𐌰 tulgiþa madon [medina 𓈇 tawi ظوحي tawahi 𓊨 𒌷 𓊨 𓏏 station

colonies enclaves stations to control trade routes, often on high cliffs in

Taljanky https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-urban-megasites-may-reshape-history-first-cities

https://thisviewoflife.com/blog/complex-societies-before-agriculture-gobekli-tepe/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6bekli_Tepe

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They have recently found even older settlements like Boncuklu Tarla that even had a sewer system that was over 11,800 years old:
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture/archaeologists-unearth-ancient-settlement-in-se-turkey/1638247
https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ancient-temple-found-in-mardin-148145
https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahin_Tepe

𒌷𒋀𒀊𒆠 Urim