killing the king himself. After this battle, Ur-Nammu seems to have earned the title 'king of Sumer and Akkad.' Ur's dominance over the Neo-Sumerian Empire...

History of Sumer The history of Sumer spans the 5th to 3rd millennia BCE in southern Mesopotamia, and is taken to include the prehistoric Ubaid and Uruk...

southern Mesopotamia, could be western variants of Sumer. Most historians have suggested that Sumer was first permanently settled between c. 5500 – c. 3300...

the titles of "King of Ur, and King of Sumer and Akkad". His personal goddess was Ninsuna. According to the Sumerian King List, Ur-Nammu reigned for 18...

Dynasty of Ur (26th-25th century BCE) The First Dynasty of Ur was a 26th-25th century BCE dynasty of rulers of the city of Ur in ancient Sumer. It is part...

The lament for Sumer and Urim or the lament for Sumer and Ur is a poem and one of five known Mesopotamian "city laments"—dirges for ruined cities in the...

King of Ur", used by kings Lugal-kinishe-dudu and Lugal-kisalsi (both c. 2400 BC). Before the creation of titles like King of Sumer, King of Sumer and Akkad...

of the Great Ziggurat of Ur, begun by his father Ur-Nammu. On his inscriptions, he took the titles "King of Ur", "King of Sumer and Akkad" and "King of...

Cemetery at Ur. The Sumerian King List provides a tentative political history of ancient Sumer and mentions, among others, several rulers of Ur. Mesannepada...

who carried off the kingship of the land of Sumer to the mountain land, who fi[ll]ed the land of Sumer with wickedness, who took away the wife from the...