Adab
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Was a Mesopotamian city-state in actual Iraq.
Establishment
January 2899 BC: The Sumerian city-state of Adab is mentioned in the Sumerian List of Kings. Eridu existed since around the Early Dynastic Period.
Chronology
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Was the military compaign against Ur of Lugal-Anne-Mundu, king of the city-state of Adab in Sumer.
January 2499 BC: Lugal-Anne-Mundu (king of the city-state of Adab in Sumer) subjugated the "Four Quarters of the world" (the entire Fertile Crescent region, from the Mediterranean to the Zagros Mountains). His empire is said to have included the provinces of Elam, Marhashi, Gutium, Subartu, the "Cedar Mountain land" (Lebanon), Amurru or Martu, "Sutium" and the "Mountain of E-anna".
January 2459 BC: Following the death of Adab King Lugal-Anne-Mundu, his Empire collapsed and most of the subjected cities regained their independence.
Were the military compaigns of Lugal-zage-si, king of the city-state of Lagash in Umma.
January 2349 BC: Lugal-Zage-Si of Umma briefly conquered all of Sumer and united it into a single kingdom.
January 2499 BC: Lagash was an important Sumerian city in the late 3rd millennium BC. It was at that time ruled by independent kings, Ur-Nanshe (24th century BC) and his successors.
January 2499 BC: Around the beginning of Early Dynastic period III (earlier than 2500 BC) Mari was rebuilt and populated again.
January 2499 BC: By around 2500 BC a medium sized independent city-state centered at Nagar had developed.
January 2499 BC: Akshak, a city of ancient Sumer situated on the northern boundary of Akkad, first appears in records of c. 2500 BC.
Disestablishment
January 2349 BC: Lugal-Zage-Si of Umma briefly conquered all of Sumer and united it into a single kingdom.
Selected Sources
Ansky, S., "Dumuzi's Dream", The Harps that Once..., edited by David G. Roskies, New Haven: Yale University Press, pp. 28-46, 1992
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
Joachim Bretschneider, "Nabada: The Buried City", Scientific American, vol. 283, pp. 74–81, 2000
Liverani, Mario (2013). The Ancient Near East: History, Society and Economy. Routledge. p. 117
Margueron, Jean-Claude (2003). "Mari and the Syro-Mesopotamian World". In Aruz, Joan; Wallenfels, Ronald (eds.). Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus. Metropolitan Museum of Art. P. 136
New York Times Encyclopedic Almanac, New York Times, Book & Educational Division., 1970, p. 564
RIME 1.01.08.01 composite (P450160). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. Retrieved on 29 March 2024 on https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/search?layout=full&id=P450160
The Sumerian King List. Livius.org. Retrieved on 31 March 2024 on https://www.livius.org/sources/content/anet/266-the-sumerian-king-list/
