Question: Which Sumerian city was very powerful and influential during the Early Dynastic period and once a coastal city?
Sentence (from "Ur"): Ur (Sumerian: "Urim"; Sumerian Cuneiform: URIM or URIM ; Akkadian: "Uru"; Arabic: أور‎ ‎ ) was an important Sumerian city-state in ancient Mesopotamia, located at the site of modern Tell el-Muqayyar (Arabic: تل المقير‎ ‎ ) in south Iraq's Dhi Qar Governorate.
Relevant evidence: No