In 3,000 BC Uruk was more densely populated than modern day New York City.

在公元前 3000 年，乌鲁克的人口密度已经超过了现代纽约市。

My name is Kelly and today's video is all about the semi-mythical king of Uruk, Gilgamesh.

我是凯利，今天的视频是关于乌鲁克半神国王吉尔伽美什的。

They were also growing constantly, and like Uruk, their city relied heavily on an elaborate irrigation system.

这里的人口也在不断增加，就像乌鲁克一样，城市这座城市也严重地依赖于精心设计的灌溉系统。

Back home in Uruk, the goddess Ishtar took a romantic interest in Gilgamesh.

回到乌鲁克的家乡，女神伊什塔尔对吉尔伽美什产生了浪漫的兴趣。

So Ishtar unleashed the Bull of Heaven on Uruk to destroy crops and kill people.

因此，伊什塔尔在乌鲁克释放了天堂之牛，以摧毁庄稼并杀死人们。

Down went the city of Lagash, followed by  the conquest of the great city of Uruk.

攻陷拉格什城，随后征服了伟大的乌鲁克城。

Gilgamesh fails to attain immortality and so he is rowed home to Uruk by Urshanabi and then writes down his story.

吉尔伽美什未能获得永生，所以他被乌山纳比划船送回了乌鲁克，然后写下他的故事。

With his new friend, Gilgamesh turned his attention from the brides of Uruk to proving his strength in combat.

有了他的新朋友，吉尔伽美什将注意力从乌鲁克的新娘转移到证明他在战斗中的力量。

The earliest cities were Uruk, Ur, and Eridu, and eventually there were a dozen cities.

最早的城市是乌鲁克、乌尔和埃里都，最后有十几个城市。

But about 1000 years after the first temples we find in cities like Uruk, a rival structure begins to show up, the palace.

但是乌鲁克的寺庙建成1000年后， 一个与之竞争的建筑出现了，那就是宫殿。

Most of the early clay tablets in our collection, like this one, come from the city of Uruk, roughly halfway between modern Baghdad and Basra.

大部分的早期黏土板，如本节中的这块，都来自今巴格达与巴士拉之间的乌鲁克。

By about 5,000 years ago, cities with tens of thousands of inhabitants, such as Ur and Uruk, were producing art that reflected the self-image of the powerful.

到大约五千年前为止，拥有成千上万的人口的城市，比如乌尔和乌鲁克，产生了展现强者形象的艺术。

Evidence for the historical king can also be found in inscriptions that credit him with the building of the great walls of Uruk (modern-day Warka, Iraq) .

关于这位历史上的国王的证据还可以在碑文中找到，这些碑文将吉尔伽美什与乌鲁克（今伊拉克瓦尔卡）长城的建造联系起来。

Some of those tablets told the story of Gilgamesh, a king of the city of Uruk who was also the subject of mythical tales.

其中一些石板讲述了吉尔伽美什的故事，吉尔伽美什是乌鲁克城的国王，也是神话故事的主题。

Uruk was just one of the large rich city-states of Mesopotamia that had grown too big and too complex for anyone to be able to run them just by word of mouth.

乌鲁克是美索不达米亚的大型富庶城邦之一，城市已经发展得过于庞大复杂，无法仅靠口头表达来进行统治。

It is only after being besieged by the Uruk-Hai, at the very last moment when death is upon him and his people, that Theoden rediscovers the spirit of his ancestors… " Ride out with me."

直到乌鲁克族围城他和子民濒临灭族，这时他才重拾先人的精神“与我并辔冲锋。”

Called the epic of Gilgamesh, the story starts with Gilgamesh, king of the city of Uruk, crashing every wedding and sleeping with the bride before she has a chance to sleep with her husband.

被称为吉尔伽美什的史诗， 故事开始于乌鲁克城的国王吉尔伽美什，在新娘有机会与丈夫睡觉之前， 他破坏了每场婚礼并与新娘睡觉。

Upon returning home to Uruk, Gilgamesh attracts the attention of the goddess Ishtar, also known as Inanna, who proposes they marry, but Gilgamesh is all too aware of how unhappy her previous love has ended up, so he refuses.

回到乌鲁克的家后，吉尔伽美什吸引了女神伊什塔尔的注意，伊什塔尔也被称为伊南娜，她提议他们结婚，但吉尔伽美什非常清楚她以前的爱情结局有多不愉快，所以他拒绝了。

He was a mighty hunter before the LORD ; that is why it is said, " Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before the LORD ." The first centers of his kingdom were Babylon, Uruk, Akkad and Kalneh, in Shinar.

他在耶和华面前是个英勇的猎户；这就是为什么有句话说：“像宁录，在耶和华面前是一位英勇的猎户。”他王国的第一个中心是巴比伦、乌鲁克、阿卡德和希纳尔的卡尔尼。