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    First 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....
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    The Third Dynasty of Ur, also called the Neo-Sumerian Empire, refers to a 22nd to 21st century BC (middle chronology) Sumerian ruling dynasty based in...
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    First dynasty of Kish First rulers of Uruk First dynasty of Ur Dynasty of Awan This was a dynasty from Elam. Second dynasty of Kish The First dynasty of Lagash...
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    the downfall of the Third Dynasty of Ur around 2004 BCE. It was followed by a transitional period of Amorite states before the rise of Babylonia in the...
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    the First Dynasty of Ur during the Early Dynastic period and is around 4,600 years old. The standard was probably constructed in the form of a hollow wooden...
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  • of Ur during the Early Bronze Age. Proto-cuneiform tablets from the Early Dynastic period, c. 2900 BC, have been recovered. The First Dynasty of Ur seems...
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  • 2700–2500 BC) The First Dynasty of Ur (c. 2600–2500 BC) The First Dynasty of Lagash (c. 2500–2300 BC) The First Babylonian dynasty (c. 1830 BC–c. 1531...
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    Third Dynasty of Ur, in southern Mesopotamia, following several centuries of Akkadian and Gutian rule. His main achievement was state-building, and Ur-Nammu...
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    Puabi (redirect from Shub-Ad of Ur)
    Leonard Woolley, was an important woman in the Sumerian city of Ur, during the First Dynasty of Ur (c. 2600 BCE). Commonly labeled as a "queen", her status...
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    end of Sumerian power with the destruction of the Third Dynasty of Ur, and the subsequent Isin-Larsa period. The chronology of the first dynasty of Babylonia...
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    Mesannepada (category First Dynasty of Ur)
    or Mes-Anne-pada ("Youngling chosen by An") was the first king listed for the First Dynasty of Ur (c. 26th century BC) on the Sumerian king list. He is...
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  • Asia portal Ur-Nungal of Uruk was the sixth Sumerian ruler in the First Dynasty of Uruk (c. 26th century BC), according to the Sumerian King List, which...
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    A'annepada (category First Dynasty of Ur)
    Ur A'annepada (Sumerian: 𒀀𒀭𒉌𒅆𒊒𒁕, romanized: Aanépàdda) was a king of the First Dynasty of Ur, c. 2600 BCE. He was a son of Mesannepada. It is thought...
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    Lament for Ur, or Lamentation over the city of Ur is a Sumerian lament composed around the time of the fall of Ur to the Elamites and the end of the city's...
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    Meskalamdug (category First Dynasty of Ur)
    Ur Meskalamdug (𒈩𒌦𒄭, Meskalamdùg [mes-KALAM-du10] "hero of the good land") was an early Sumerian ruler of the First Dynasty of Ur in the 26th century...
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    manufacture of ornamental and ceremonial objects in the workshops of Ur. The First Dynasty of Ur had enormous wealth as shown by the lavishness of its tombs...
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    According to the Sumerian King List, a dynasty from Awan exerted hegemony in Sumer after defeating the First Dynasty of Ur, probably in the 25th century BCE...
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    Ur Ur-Pabilsag (𒌨𒀭𒉺𒉋𒊕, ur-dpa-bil2-sag) was an early ruler of the First Dynasty of Ur in the 26th century BCE. He does not appear in the Sumerian...
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    2600 BCE. It has been tentatively attributed to an early king of the First Dynasty of Ur named A-Imdugud (𒀀𒀭𒅎𒂂 ADIM.DUGUDMUŠEN, named after God Imdugud...
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    King Ur-Nammu, who dedicated it in honour of Nanna/Sîn in approximately the 21st century BCE (short chronology) during the Third Dynasty of Ur. The massive...
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  • Lugal-kitun (category Kings of Uruk)
    by Mesannepada of Ur, ending the First Dynasty of Uruk and founding the First Dynasty of Ur. Mythology portal Asia portal History of Sumer "Sumerian...
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    Akalamdug (category First Dynasty of Ur)
    Ur Akalamdug (𒀀𒌦𒄭, A-KALAM-DUG) was an early ruler of the First Dynasty of Ur in the 26th century BCE. He does not appear in the Sumerian King List...
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    Balulu (category First Dynasty of Ur)
    Ur Balulu (Sumerian: 𒁀𒇻𒇻, ba-lu-lu) was the final king of the First Dynasty of Ur, according to the Sumerian King List, which states he ruled for 36...
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    Elulu (category First Dynasty of Ur)
    Ur Elulu (Sumerian: 𒂊𒇻𒇻, e-lu-lu) is listed as the third king of the First Dynasty of Ur on the Sumerian king list, which states he reigned for 25...
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    The First Sealand dynasty (URU.KÙKI), or the 2nd Dynasty of Babylon (although it was independent of Amorite-ruled Babylon), very speculatively c. 1732–1460...
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    resharpening of the tool which reduced its endurance. Reconstructed headgear of Puabi, the First Dynasty of Ur, circa 2500 BC, Early Dynastic period III...
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  • Sumer–Elam war (category Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia))
    the Early Dynastic Period. Within a century, the Elamites under the Awan dynasty retaliated and invaded Sumer, toppling the First Dynasty of Ur. Over the...
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    followed by Ur ruler Ur-Nammu (c. 2047–2030 BC), founder of the Third Dynasty of Ur. There are very few hard facts available about the rulers of the Gutian...
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  • listing the kings of Ur and Isin, the List of Reigns of Kings of Ur and Isin (MS 1686). The dynasty was situated within the ancient city of Isin (today known...
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    Shulgi (redirect from Shulgi of ur)
    BC) Shulgi (𒀭𒂄𒄀 dŠulgi, formerly read as Dungi) of Ur was the second king of the Third Dynasty of Ur. He reigned for 48 years, from c. 2094 – c. 2046...
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