Shaduppum: this was a minor #Sumerian city (now #TellHarmal on the outskirts of #Baghdad), a remarkably small city raised on a mound, 4m above the plain.

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Gasur / Nuzi: this city was sited near the #Tigris, SW of modern #Kirkuk (now in #Iraq), seemingly founded by #Akkadians in the 2300s BC and later known as #Nuzi.

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Map of N #Mesopotamia: while extensive city-building emerged in the south (late 3000s BC on), the same process started more slowly on the northern edges of this #urbanrevolution.

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#Razama: this city was the (second) capital of the #Amorite #Yamutbal people who lived in the narrow belt of marginal dry farming between the steppe and the #HillyArc.

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The History Files Recap: 11 October 2026

A quick recap of recent publications on the History Files site, all of which can still be accessed via the site's frontpage, RSS feed, or 'Latest' links at www.historyfiles.co.uk.

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Tell al-'Ubaid: #Ninhursag temple at #Ur was excavated by Sir L Woolley in the 1920s, at the same time as he uncovered the royal graves at Ur.

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#Lullubi: far from living isolated from the world, #Kunara built a thriving economy based on #agriculture, then expanded into commercial relations with distant parts.

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Kisurra: this city in southern #Mesopotamia is today the archaeological mound of #TellAbuHatab, founded during the 'Early Dynastic Period' around 2700 BC.

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Kesh: apart from being linked to #AbuSalabikh this name has also been proposed for #Ubaid, near #Ur, Tell al-Wilayah, which lies close to #Adab, or perhaps Tell Jidr.

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Jemdet Nasr: this provides the type site for the eponymous #JemdetNasr period in #Mesopotamia history, otherwise known as the #UrukIII period as it succeeded #UrukIV period dominance.

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Arina: otherwise referred to as a fortress, this was conquered by #Shalmaneser I in the mid-1200s BC when he campaigned to subdue eight northern 'countries'.

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Eresh / #AbuSalabikh: the #Sumerian name is unknown for this modern #archaeological site, once a minor city, rarely included on #cylinderseals, but #Eresh is lightly linked with it.

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Sumer #Map: the very earliest #Sumerian cities, such as Sippar & Borsippa in the north & Ur & Uruk in the south, formed endpoints of a complex network of cities & canals.

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Isin: already existed under #UrIII rule but there are no records in the #Sumerian period of any rulers here: instead the city only achieved self-rule in the last Ur III days.

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Agade / #Akkad: at best this city was seen as being on the north edges of traditional #Sumerian territory, with #TellMuhammad on the outskirts of #Baghdad a candidate.

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Sumerian King List: the highly important #Sumerian #kinglist was written in #cuneiform on clay tablets, with the first version appearing during the #UrIII period.

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Akshak / #Akcak: this city first appeared in written records around 2600 BC and, during the period of its ascendancy in the 2400s BC, it was at war with #Lagash.

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Mari: this important city is the modern archaeological site of #TellHariri on the west bank of the #Euphrates, the most northerly of all the #Sumerian city states.

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Adab: today's site of #Bismaya / #Bismya - was between Girsu & Zabalam, with its principal deity being the goddess #Ninhursag, not to be confused with Tell Bismaya.

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