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    Ur-Nammu (or Ur-Namma, Ur-Engur, Ur-Gur, Sumerian: π’Œ¨π’€­π’‡‰, ruled c. 2112 BC – 2094 BC middle chronology, or possibly c. 2048–2030 BC short chronology)...
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    The Code of Ur-Nammu is the oldest known law code surviving today. It is from Mesopotamia and is written on tablets, in the Sumerian language c. 2100–2050...
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    king of the Akkad Dynasty, Shar-Kali-Sharri, and the first king of Ur III, Ur-Nammu, is not well documented, but most Assyriologists posit that there was...
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  • Nammu (𒀭𒇉 dENGUR = dLAGABΓ—αΈͺAL; also read Namma) was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as a creator deity in the local theology of Eridu. It is assumed...
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    Neo-Sumerian city of Ur, along with the Royal Mausolea and the Palace of Ur-Nammu (the E-hursag). The ziggurat was built by King Ur-Nammu, who dedicated it...
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  • the death of Ur-Nammu and his journey to the underworld. Ur-Nammu was succeeded by Shulgi, the greatest king of the Third Dynasty of Ur, who solidified...
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    lived "Fifth dynasty of Uruk", followed by Ur ruler Ur-Nammu (c. 2047–2030 BC), founder of the Third Dynasty of Ur. There are very few hard facts available...
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  • nearby Ur there was a temple of Ishtar of Eridu (built by Lagash ruler Ur-Baba) and a sanctuary of Inanna of Eridu (built by Ur III ruler Ur-Nammu). Ur-Nammu...
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    Shulgi (redirect from Shulgi of ur)
    construction 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...
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  • Lagash (section Ur-Nanshe)
    sequence here, Ur-ayabba and Ur-Mama but the evidence for that is thin. Two tablets dated to the reign of Ur-Nammu of Ur refer to Ur-ayabba as "ensi"...
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