@historyfiles.bsky.socialShaduppum: 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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@historyfiles.bsky.socialGasur / 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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@catherinecorelli.bsky.socialKING SARGON OF AKKAD
Series: Mesopotamia
37¼” x 26” oil on canvas
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@historyfiles.bsky.socialMap 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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@historyfiles.bsky.social#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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@historyfiles.bsky.socialTell 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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@historyfiles.bsky.social#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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@historyfiles.bsky.socialKisurra: 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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@historyfiles.bsky.socialKesh: 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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@historyfiles.bsky.socialJemdet 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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@historyfiles.bsky.socialArina: 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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@historyfiles.bsky.socialFirst #Writing System: the first revolution in human communications occurred when the #Sumerians developed a written language, followed closely by a similar system for the Egyptians.
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@historyfiles.bsky.socialEresh / #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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@historyfiles.bsky.socialSumer #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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@historyfiles.bsky.socialIsin: 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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@historyfiles.bsky.socialGutians / #Gutium: one of a number of groups which lived in ancient #Mesopotamia although they arrived late on the scene to occupy the central #ZagrosMountains.
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@historyfiles.bsky.socialAgade / #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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@worldswerth.bsky.socialmore pages from my list of #Creation stories:
“Abenaki to Zuni : 450 Cultures and their Creation Myths”
@historyfiles.bsky.socialSumerian 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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