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Name: Campaigns of Lugal-zage-si

Type: Event

Start: 2357 BC

End: 2349 BC

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Were the military compaigns of Lugal-zage-si, king of the city-state of Lagash in Umma.

Chronology


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  • January 2349 BC: Lugal-Zage-Si of Umma briefly conquered all of Sumer and united it into a single kingdom.
  • January 2349 BC: Lugal-Zage-Si of Umma briefly conquered all of Sumer and united it into a single kingdom. The kingdom of Umma became the Kingdom of Sumer.
  • January 2349 BC: In c. 2350 BC, Akshak fell into the hands of Lugalzagesi of Umma (who was King of Sumer).
  • January 2357 BC: Lugal-zage-si led the final victory of Umma in the generation-long conflict with the city-state Lagash.

  • Selected Sources


  • Edwards, I.E.S. / Gadd, C.J. / Hammond, N.G.L. (2008): The Cambridge Ancient History, 3rd ed., Vol. I, Part 2, Cambridge University Press, p. 104-144
  • Kramer, Samuel N., "New Tablets from Fara", Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 110–32, 1932
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