Shinar

Facts

Shinar means "country of two rivers" and was the name of a plain or region in southern Mesopotamia.

Shinar later became known as Chaldea and then, Babylonia.
The city of Babel was probably the best known city in Shinar where the ancient peoples living there built a tall tower.
Abraham was from the city of Ur in this region, which by that time was called Chaldea.