However, some fairly recent evidence at Tell Brak in Syria suggests that its urban roots are somewhat older than those in the South. The initial phase of urbanism at Brak occurred in the late fifth to early fourth millennium BCE, when the site already covered 135 acres (about 35 ha). The history, or rather prehistory of Tell Brak is similar to the south: an abrupt variation from the earlier small settlements of the preceding Ubaid period (6500–4200 BCE). It is undoubtedly the south which still currently shows the bulk of the growth in the early Uruk period, but the first flush of urbanism seems to have come from northern Mesopotamia.

Then, the earliest cities in the world such as Uruk in the south, and Tell Brak and Hamoukar in the north expanded into the world's first metropolises.
By K. Kris Hirst 2019年

挖基什的会吹基什
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/10/041030145918.htm
Kish is one of the world's oldest cities and site of the earliest evidence of wheeled transport.
挖乌尔的会吹乌尔
挖乌鲁克的肯定给你吹乌鲁克。
阿布萨拉比赫遗址，都有得吹（早些时期，阿布萨拉比赫据称有世界上最古老的城墙。以此标准下，也被放入“世界最早城市”的讨论范围……过时判断就先不理会了）。