Ur

The ancient city of Ur is the central location for The Jewel of Nineveh, and is inspired by legends and archaeology of the real city whose ruins lie in the south of modern Iraq."'Visible across the desert for miles, the towers and minarets of the greatest city in the land were spun around a thrusting narrow peak. Almost perfectly smooth and tapering and seeming to scratch at the clouds. God’s Finger they called it, and other appendages as well, when too much had been drunk and humorous blasphemies were exchanged. Atop the towering spire of rock there stood the fortified palace of the sultan.'"