The earliest known zoo was set up by Shuigi, a third dynasty ruler of Ur from 2097-2094 B.C., at Puzurish in what is now southeast Iraq.
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* * * * *A "marathon," a footrace of 26 miles, 385 yards, is named after the legend of the Greek runner who ran from Marathon to Athens to tell of the victory of the Athenians under Miltiades over the Persians under Darius in 490 B.C.