Ur Nammu

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Ancient Mesopotamia

Euphrates Tigris
Cities / Empires
Sumer: Uruk *' Ur* ' Eridu
Kish *' Lagash* ' Nippur
Akkadian Empire: Akkad
Babylon *' Isin* ' Susa
Assyria: Assur Nineveh
Dur-Sharrukin Nimrud
Babylonia Chaldea
Elam Amorites
Hurrians Mitanni
Kassites Urartu
Chronology
Kings of Sumer
Kings of Assyria
Kings of Babylon
Language
Aramaic
Sumerian Akkadian
Elamite Hurrian
Mythology
Enma Elish
Gilgamesh Marduk

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 Akkadian and Gutian rule. He was succeeded by his son Shulgi, after an eighteen-year reign. His death on the battle-field against the Gutians (after he had been abandoned by his army) was commemorated in a long Sumerian poetic composition.^[1]

His main achievement was state-building, although Ur-Nammu is chiefly remembered today for his so-called legal code, the Code of Ur-Nammu, which is arguably the oldest surviving example in the world. He was also responsible for ordering the construction of a number of stepped temples, called ziggurats, including the Great Ziggurat of Ur. [1]

Ur-Nammu (seated) bestows governorship on Ḫašḫamer, patesi (high priest) of Iškun-Sin (cylinder seal impression, ca. 2100 BC).

Among his military exploits are the conquest of Lagash and the defeat of his former masters at Uruk. He was eventually recognized as a significant regional ruler (of Ur, Eridu, and Uruk ) at a coronation in Nippur and is believed to have constructed buildings at Nippur, Larsa, Kesh, Adab & Umma. He was known for restoring the roads and general order after the Gutian period.^[1] The Nanna ziggurat in Ur was restored by the Neo-Babylonian king, Nabonidus (556-539 B.C.) and rededicated to the Akkadian moon-god, Sin which had originally been a temple rebuilt and restored by Ur-Nammu (Oriental Institute of Chicago). [2]

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History of Sumer: Notable Rulers of Sumer
Legendary Kings:	Alulim Dumuzid Ziusudra
First Dynasty of Kish:	Etana Enmebaragesi
First Dynasty of Uruk:	Enmerkar Lugalbanda Gilgamesh
First Dynasty of Ur:	Meskalamdug Mesannepada Puabi
Dynasty of Adab:	Lugal-Anne-Mundu
Third Dynasty of Kish:	Kubaba
Second Dynasty of Uruk:	Enshakushanna
First Dynasty of Lagash:	Ur-Nanshe Eannatum En-anna-tum I Entemena Urukagina
Third Dynasty of Uruk:	Lugal-Zage-Si
Dynasty of Akkad:	Sargon Enheduanna Manishtushu Naram-Sin Shar-Kali-Sharri Dudu Shu-turul
Second Dynasty of Lagash:	Puzer-Mama Gudea
Fifth Dynasty of Uruk:	Utu-hegal
Third Dynasty of Ur:	Ur-Nammu Shulgi Amar-Sin Shu-Sin Ibbi-Sin

Mesopotamia was a cradle of civilization geographically located between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, largely corresponding to modern-day Iraq. Sumer in southern Mesopotamia is commonly regarded as the world's earliest civilization.
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Origin Eastern Turkey
Mouth Shatt al Arab
Basin countries Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran
Length 2,800 km
Source elevation 4,500 m

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Origin Eastern Turkey
Mouth Shatt al-Arab
Basin countries Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Iran
Length 1.900 km (1.180 mi)

The Tigris is the eastern member of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, along with the Euphrates, which flows from
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Ancient Mesopotamia

Euphrates Tigris
Cities / Empires
Sumer: Uruk ' Ur ' Eridu
Kish ' Lagash ' Nippur
Akkadian Empire: Akkad
Babylon ' Isin ' Susa
Assyria: Assur Nineveh
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Ur, or ur may refer to:

Ur, an ancient city in southern Mesopotamia
Hayy Ur, a neighborhood of eastern Baghdad, Iraq
Úr ᚒ, a letter of the Ogham alphabet
Ur (rune) ᚢ, a letter of the runic alphabets

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Susa (in Persian: شوش Shush) is a city in the Khuzestan province of Iran. It had an estimated population of 64,960 in 2005.^[1]

History

Susa (Biblical Hebrew:
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State Party Iraq
Type Cultural
Criteria iii, iv
Reference 1130
Region Arab States

Inscription History
Inscription 2003 (27th Session)

Endangered 2003-
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Dur-Sharrukin ("Fortress of Sargon"), present day Khorsabad, was the Assyrian capital in the time of Sargon II of Assyria. Khorsabad is a village in northern Iraq, 15 km northeast of Mosul, which is still today inhabited by Assyrians.
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BCE Zayandeh River Civilization Sialk civilization 7500–1000 Jiroft civilization (Aratta) Proto-Elamite civilization Bactria-Margiana Complex Elamite dynasties 2800–550 Kingdom of Mannai Median Empire 728–550 Achaemenid Empire Seleucid Empire Greco-Bactrian
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