Uruk into Late Antiquity thumb|Foundation tablet from the Temple of Inanna at Uruk (Eanna), dating to the reign of Ur-Nammu. Although it had been a thriving city in Early Dynastic Sumer, especially Early Dynastic II, Uruk was ultimately annexed by the Akkadian Empire and went into decline. Later, in the Neo-Sumerian period, Uruk enjoyed revival as a major economic and cultural center under the sovereignty of Ur. The Eanna District was restored as part of an ambitious building program, which included a new temple for Inanna. This temple included a ziggurat, the 'House of the Universe' (Cuneiform: E₂.SAR.A) () to the northeast of the Uruk period Eanna ruins.
Uruk into Late Antiquity thumb|Foundation tablet from the Temple of Inanna at Uruk (Eanna), dating to the reign of Ur-Na:mmu. Although it had been a thriving city in Early Dynastic Sumer, especially Early Dynastic II, Uruk was ultimately annexed by the Akkadian Empire and went into decline. Later, in the Neo-Sumerian period, Uruk enjoyed revival as a major economic and cultural center under the sovereignty of Ur. The Eanna District was restored as part of an ambitious building program, which included a new temple for Inanna. This temple included a ziggurat, the 'House of the Universe' (Cuneiform: E₂.SAR.A) () to the ?northeast of the Uruk period Eanna ruins.