Sentence examples for ubaid from inspiring English sources

Tokens, which allowed a long lasting record of transactions, have been found in archaeological layers of the Ubaid period in the Middle East, from the mid fifth millennium BC.

Here, in the delta, the earliest phase of prehistory is associated with the name Ubaid I, and, since this phase has a parallel in Susiana, north of the Iranian frontier, the first settlers in both areas may have a common origin.

Within the walls, excavations traced successive cities that date from the prehistoric Ubaid period, perhaps before 5000 bc, down to Parthian times (126 bc ad 224).

The city was founded in the prehistoric Ubaid Period (c. 5200 c. 3500 bc) and was still occupied as late as the Parthian era (247 bc ad 224).

Dr. Richard Zettler, a University of Pennsylvania archaeologist with extensive experience in Syria, said: "I'm convinced that our real focus now should not be on the Uruk period, but the Ubaid.

For one reason, he said, remains from the Ubaid period are hard to find in southern Mesopotamia.

"The F1 fans are looking forward to it for sure, but there is still a vast market that doesn't know anything about F1," said Ubaid Parkar, who writes for the Indian Formula One Web site F1pulse.com.com

He speaks particularly of the English excavations of the Sumerian, & al-'Ubaid civilizations at Ur.

Mr. Ubaid, the electrician, said that a slim majority of the locals supported the Americans, but that they were too afraid to say so, fearing that the insurgents would kill them.

Yet even Mr. Ubaid, telling his story in English, grew nervous.

"We were tired of demonization," said Dr. Shaikh Ubaid, a spokesman for the Muslim Leadership Council, which organized the rally.