Ur-Nammu

Ur-Nammu

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Ur-Nammu (or Ur-Namma, Ur-Engur, ca. 2112-2095 BC) founded the Sumerian 3rd dynasty of Ur, in southern Mesopotamia, following several centuries of...
Sargon Of Akkad

Sargon Of Akkad

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Sargon of Akkad, also known as Sargon the Great, was an Akkadian king famous for his conquest of the Sumerian city-states in the 24th and 23rd...
Lugal-Zage-Si

Lugal-Zage-Si

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Lugal-Zage-Si of Umma (reigned ca. 2359 BC-2335 BC short chronology) was the last Sumerian king before the conquest of Sumer by Sargon of Akkad and...

Eannatum

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Eannatum was a Sumerian king of Lagash who established one of the first verifiable empires in history.
Naram-Sin

Naram-Sin

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Naram-Sin (2255 BC - 2219 BC short chronology) was the third successor and grandson of Sargon of Akkad; under Naram-Sin the Akkadian Empire reached...

Gudea

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Gudea was a ruler ("ensi") of the city of Lagash in Southern Mesopotamia who ruled ca. 2144 - 2124 BC. He probably did not come from the city, but...

Enmerkar

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Enmerkar, according to the Sumerian king list, was the builder of Uruk, and was said to have reigned for "420 years" (or 900 as some copies). It...

Lugal-Anne-Mundu

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Lugal-Anne-Mundu was the most important king of the city-state Adab in Sumer. According to Sumerian transcriptions, he conquered all of...
Shulgi

Shulgi

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Shulgi of Urim is the second king of the "Sumerian Renaissance". He reigned for 48 years, dated to 2047 BC-1999 BC short chronology (also...

Enmebaragesi

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Enmebaragesi ("Me-Baragesi", "En-Men-Barage-Si", "Enmebaragisi", fl. ca. 2600 BC), according to the Sumerian king list, was a king of Kish who...