NMC102H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Sumerian King List, Akkadian Empire, Third Dynasty Of Ur
22 Feb 2018
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Lugalzagesi: conquered a lot of land, nippur: city that sat the god enlil, dominion over the land, significantly bigger area than before, kingship granted by enlil, defeated urukagina, defeated by sargon of akkad. Kings would give a name to a year according to significant event that occurred in previous year. Year names of sargon: year in which sargon went to simurrum, year in which sargon destroyed elam, year in which mari was destroyed. Dynasty of akkad: sargon, rimush, manishtushu, naram-sin, sharkalisharri. Victory stele of naram-sin found at susa where it was taken as booty from sippar by king of. 9 major battles having taken place involving many mesopotamian cities have been recorded. The guttian interregnum: came from mountains in the east, they took over some babylonian cities and rulers presented themselves as heirs of the akkad dynasty. Old akkadian empire: spanned all of mesopotamia. The gutians, under tirigan, were driven out by the king of uruk who returned kingship to.
