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Name: Akshak

Type: Polity

Start: 2499 BC

End: 2350 BC

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Was a Mesopotamian city-state in actual Iraq.

Establishment


  • January 2499 BC: Akshak, a city of ancient Sumer situated on the northern boundary of Akkad, first appears in records of c. 2500 BC.
  • Chronology


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    1. Campaigns of Lugal-zage-si


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

  • January 2349 BC: In c. 2350 BC, Akshak fell into the hands of Lugalzagesi of Umma (who was King of Sumer).

  • Disestablishment


  • January 2349 BC: In c. 2350 BC, Akshak fell into the hands of Lugalzagesi of Umma (who was King of Sumer).
  • 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
  • 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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