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URUK THE FIRST CITY AND Uru (big boat)Bepur, Calicut URO PEOPLE OF SOUTH AMERICA WHO MAKES REED BOA
SIMILAR TO UR REED BOAT; OTHER SIMILAR SHAPED ANCIENT SHIPS
ANCIENT TRADE ROUTE 1000 B.C.FROM MESOPOTAMIA TO INDIA AND EGYPT

LaunchinganUru(Arabiantradingvessel)atBeyporeKERALAINDIA

Dhow building station in Ras al Khaimah

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Arabian Wooden Trading vessel, Uru...

Arabian Wooden Trading vessel, Uru Beypore, Kerala

A BOATIRAQ ON TIGRIS RIVER

ANCIENT PHOENICIAN BOAT FROM EGYPT

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Modern map IRAQ

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old map IRAQ showing mesopotamia and babylonia

MarcoPoloMap

Marco Polo's India

Uruk:TheFirstCityOFANCIENTBABYLONAREA

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Uruk
IndiscussingtheoriginofCities,MarcVandeMieroopsaysthatUruk,whichgaveitsnametotheUrukperiod,wasessentially"thefirstcityin
worldhistory."Thisisnotpreciselyastatementofitsantiquity,asEridumostlikely.

IshtarGateBabylon

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EriduEnki'sboattrip

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AfloatingreedislandonLakeTiticacaSOUTHAMERICA

Pictures of Uros, Peru The Floating Islands Lake Titicaca

TheUrosareanindigenouspeoplepredatingtheIncas
.(POSSIBLECONNECTIONTOTHECITYURUKANDUROFIRAQ?)
Theylive,stilltoday,onmanmadefloatingislandsscatteredacrossLakeTiticaca.Theseislandsarealsoconstructedfromtotorareeds

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documentary on lake titicaca

MakingWaterReedBoatinEthiopia
Making Water Reed Boat in Ethiopia ...

Reedboat
Theearliestdiscoveredremainsfromareedboatare7000yearsold,foundinKuwait.ReedboatsaredepictedinearlypetroglyphsandwerecommoninAncientEgypt.Afamousexampleisthe
bulrushesinwhichthebabyMoseswassetafloat.TheywerealsoconstructedfromearlytimesinPeruandBolivia,andboatswithremarkedlysimilardesignhavebeenfoundinEasterIsland
stillusedinPeru,Bolivia,Ethiopia,anduntilrecentlyinCorfu.

ThorHeyerdahl

HeyerdahlwantedtodemonstratethatancientMediterraneanorAfricanpeoplecouldhavecrossedtheAtlanticandreachedtheAmericasbysailingwiththeCanaryCurrent.

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In1969,HeyerdahlconstructedareedboathenamedRaaftertheancientEgyptiansungod.ItsdesignwasbasedonancientEgyptianmodelsanddrawings.

RaIIreedboat

TheboatwasbuiltbyboatmenfromLakeChadintheRepublicofChadwithpapyrusreedsfromLakeTanainEthiopia.ItwaslaunchedoffthecoastofMorocco,andsetsailinanattempttocrossthe
Afterseveralweeks,itscrewmodifiedthevesselinamannerthatcausedRatosagandtakeonwater.EventuallyRabrokeapartandwasabandoned.
Thefollowingyear,Heyerdahlorganisedthebuildingofanothersimilarboat,theRaII.

BoatbuildersfromLakeTiticacabuiltthisinBolivia.Again,thevesselsetsailfromMorocco,succeedingthistimeandreachingBarbados.

ThereedboatRaII

In1978,Heyerdahlconstructedathirdreedboat,theTigris.ThepurposeofbuildingthisvesselwastodemonstratethatMesopotamiacouldhavebeenlinkedthroughtradeandmigrationtothe

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Civilization,nowmoderndayPakistan.TigriswasconstructedinIraqandsailedalongthePersianGulf,thentoPakistan,finallyenteringtheRedSea.Sheremainedatseainaseaworthymannerfor
months.TheninDjibouti,Tigriswasburntdeliberatelyinprotest

atthewarsthatwerethenragingeverywherearoundtheRedSeaandtheHornofAfrica.

Hopes sink for dhow heritage unit

By K M Sree, TNN | Dec 15, 2012, 07.25 AM IST
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KOZHIKODE: Efforts to revive the ageold tradition of building dhows (Uru), by imparting training in heritage shipbuilding technologies hav
come to a halt following the decision of the governing body of the Centre for Heritage Studies (CHS) to scrap the courses and training
programme conducted at the Heritage Ship Technology Unit, Beypore.
The governing body citing grave irregularities in the conduct of courses and closed the unit on February 2012. The unit offered PG
certificate courses on heritage ship technology at a rented building at Beypore. A temporary shipbuilding unit was also set up at Beypore
imparting training to the students.

The unit was launched in 2010 with the consent of the ministry of cultural affairs to spread the glory of dhow building heritage of Beypore
Former vicechancellor of Calicut University K K N Kurup was the director general of CHS during the commencement of the course. Forty
students were enrolled in the first batch and a total of Rs 20 lakh was spent for the commencement of the courses.
The governing body also decided to stop all recurring payments, except the wages to the watchman, and to terminate the service of the
temporary staff.

Explaining the reasons for the discontinuation of the courses, director general of CHS M G S Narayanan said CHS is a body entrusted with
heritage studies. "As we do not have the infrastructure and backing of engineering staff to carry out construction, we decided to stop the
functioning of Ship Technology Unit," he said.

It was also alleged that there was no need to open a shipbuilding centre to train students as large number of private parties own shipbuild
yards, which could have been utilized as training grounds.

Meanwhile, responding to the allegation that the former governing body had appointed unqualified trainers, K K N Kurup said the entire f
at the institute was highly qualified and competent. "Mechanical engineers and guest faculty from National Institute of Technology and
engineering colleges handled classes."
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"O P Aandikkutty, a master craftsman of dhows who died recently and his brother Narayanan were guiding the students on the traditional
aspects of dhow building," he said. "Besides, a master carpenter was appointed to train students on wooden works."

"Whatever be the claims, the aim to retain the tradition of Beypore has gone futile thanks to the apathy of the present governing body," s
Kurup.

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