@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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@edgeofhumanity.bsky.social@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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@historyfiles.bsky.socialAkshak / #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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@historyfiles.bsky.socialMari: 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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@historyfiles.bsky.socialAdab: 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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@4quazulu.bsky.social@historyfiles.bsky.socialHamazi: this city was thought to have been located in the W #ZagrosMountains, probably between #Elam & later #Assyria, but recent research gives it a better spot.
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@historyfiles.bsky.socialLagash / #Sirpula: the rulers of #Lagash are absent from the #Sumerian king list even though the early leader, #Eannatum, built a short-lived empire out of local city states.
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