An ancient city of Sumer on the Euphrates river in Mesopotamia where the country of Iraq gets its name.
In the oldest known story, the Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh is the king of Uruk.
The city's patron deity was the Sumerian goddess Inanna (also called Ishtar) a badass goddess of love, war, and justice. The Ziggurat temple dedicated to her worship called The White Temple can still be seen today in the city's ruins.
Not to be confused with Uruk-hai the fictional orc-like race in Tolkien's the Lord of the Rings.
Founded in 4,500 BCE and considered the worlds first and longest-reigning hegemon, Uruk was once the largest city in the world(50,000-80,000 people) and has three historical periods named after it: the early, middle, and late Uruk period from 4100 to 3100 BCE. The city was founded before the Bronze Age even began in a period called Protohistory. Even after losing its hegemonic status after being conquered by empires such as Akkad, Babylon, Assyria, and Persia the city remained locally dominant. However, in the Early Middle Ages after the Muslim conquest of Mesopotamia, Uruk, a shadow of its former self, was seemingly abandoned in 700 CE after being inhabited for 5,200 years.
In the oldest known story, the Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh is the king of Uruk.
The city's patron deity was the Sumerian goddess Inanna (also called Ishtar) a badass goddess of love, war, and justice. The Ziggurat temple dedicated to her worship called The White Temple can still be seen today in the city's ruins.
Not to be confused with Uruk-hai the fictional orc-like race in Tolkien's the Lord of the Rings.
Founded in 4,500 BCE and considered the worlds first and longest-reigning hegemon, Uruk was once the largest city in the world(50,000-80,000 people) and has three historical periods named after it: the early, middle, and late Uruk period from 4100 to 3100 BCE. The city was founded before the Bronze Age even began in a period called Protohistory. Even after losing its hegemonic status after being conquered by empires such as Akkad, Babylon, Assyria, and Persia the city remained locally dominant. However, in the Early Middle Ages after the Muslim conquest of Mesopotamia, Uruk, a shadow of its former self, was seemingly abandoned in 700 CE after being inhabited for 5,200 years.
by Prince_of_Old October 12, 2019
large orcs with darker than usual skin and a stronger than usual dislike of the light, according to Tolkien. When I was a kid, I always used to draw the orcs as green and the uruks as black, but since Peter Jackson made them all brown, you can't tell which ones are orcs and which ones are uruks.
Which ones are uruks? I think that one over there might be. Oh hang on, that's a troll, isn't it? Damn it, you can't tell which are which!
by Andy April 18, 2004
Uruked is a past tense verb which means to
shed ones skin after excessive masterbation
it is not recommended that you Uruk too often.
shed ones skin after excessive masterbation
it is not recommended that you Uruk too often.
by The URUKER February 11, 2009
In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional epic, "The Lord of the Rings," the Uruk-hai (Black Speech meaning Orc folk) were a new breed of Orcs that appeared during the Third Age. They were faster and stronger than their forebearers, and had the ability to travel in daylight. They are often mistaken to be a cross between Orcs and Elves, when in fact, Orcs are themselves transformed Elves--the purest form of life on Arda--who were captured and corrupted through torture and mutilation by Melkor in the First Age. Another common misconception is that they are a crossbreed of Orcs and Goblin Men; however, the term "Goblin" is synonymous with "Orc." Their exact origin is not precisely known, but it is suggested (and usually agreed) that they are the result of crossbreeding Orcs and Men, *hence* "Goblin-Men."
by Gabbi November 29, 2005
After giving your man a hand job, when you have his jizz on your hand, spread it to both hands then press it on both sides of his face like the white hand prints on the Uruk-hai from Lord of the Rings.
by Alkalinesurge February 26, 2013
Cross breed of Orcs and Goblin Men, many make the mistake of saying orcs and elves, but Orcs were originally mutated elves.
by thats 4 me 2 kno January 20, 2005
adj. describing the condition in which, as a result of extreme rage or frustration, one temporarily loses the ability to verbalize language, and can only roar and snarl like the goons in LOTR.
OK now, dude, no matter what the boss says in the meeting, stay cool, don't be getting all uruk-hai.
Whenever we argue she fucks me off so bad I get uruk-hai on her ass.
Whenever we argue she fucks me off so bad I get uruk-hai on her ass.
by the chief January 16, 2004