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2 days ago · The well-known Sumerian King List dates to the early second millennium BC. It consists of a succession of royal dynasties from different Sumerian cities, ranging back into the Early Dynastic Period. Each dynasty rises to prominence and dominates the region, only to be replaced by the next.
- fl. c. 2900 – c. 2350 BC (middle)
- Bronze Age
1 day ago · The earliest dynastic king on the Sumerian king list whose name is known from any other legendary source is Etana, 13th king of the first dynasty of Kish. The earliest king authenticated through archaeological evidence is Enmebaragesi of Kish (Early Dynastic I), whose name is mentioned in the Epic of Gilgamesh —leading to the suggestion that ...
- c. 5500 – c. 1800 BC
5 days ago · It is an update of earlier Sumerian king lists to add Isins kings to Sumers royal roster. This list was inscribed during the reign of Damiqilishu of Isin (1816-1794 BC). It presumed to be a list of kings from the beginning of historywhen kingship was first handed down from Heaven.
2 days ago · The earliest known Sumerian king, whose name appears on contemporary cuneiform tablets, is Enmebaragesi of Kish (fl. c. 2600 BC). Surviving records became less fragmentary for following reigns and by the arrival of Sargon, it had become standard practice for each major city-state to date documents by year-names, commemorating the exploits of ...
- left-to-right
- (Proto-writing)Cuneiform
- Cuneiform
5 days ago · On one of the Sumerian king-lists, Atrahasis is listed as king of Shuruppak in the years before the flood. The name Atrahasis means "Extra-wise," and is thus, as Stepanie Dalley points out, quite similar in meaning to that of Prometheus ("Forethinker"), father of the Greek flood hero Deucalion.
5 days ago · Part 1: The Sumerians. The first civilization is thought to have arisen in Mesopotamia, between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. In an area known as Sumeria , people built huts, raised cattle, and farmed for their food. They built huge temples (called ziggurats ) and monuments in their cities. They were the first to gather in large city-states.
5 days ago · list of the 15 kings of the isin i dynasty with regnal years from king ishbi-erra 2017 bc to the 4th year of king damiq-ilishu 1813 bc MS in Old Babylonian with a few names in Sumerian on clay, Isin, Babylonia, 1813 or 1812 BC, 1 tablet, 5,6x3,9x2,0 cm, 21 lines in Old Babylonian cuneiform script.
