Kish

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Was a Mesopotamian city-state in actual Iraq.

Establishment

January 2899 BC: The Sumerian city-state of Kish is mentioned in the Sumerian List of Kings. Eridu existed since around the Early Dynastic Period.

Chronology

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1. Lugal-Anne-Mundu´s Campaign on Ur

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.

2. Conquest of Sumer by Sargon of Akkad

The military campaign of Sargon of Akkad resulted in the conquest of most of the Sumerian polities. Sargon's state is sometimes identified as the first empire in recorded history.

January 2333 BC: Sargon was a usurper who seized power in the city of Kish after a coup around 2334 BC and started the Akkadian Empire.

3. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

January 2198 BC: After the fall of the Akkadian Empire, Kish became the capital of a small independent kingdom.

Disestablishment

January 2046 BC: The military campaigns of Shulgi (King of the Third Dynasty of Ur or Neo-Sumerian Empire) resulted in victories in the region of Upper Tigris and Western Zagros (Arbeles, Simurrum, Lullubum, Kimash, etc.), and Elam (Anshan).

Selected Sources

Bauer, Susan Wise (2007). The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Accounts to the Fall of Rome. W. W. Norton & Company.

Frederick C. Mish (Hrsg.): Akkad. In: Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary. 9. Auflage. Merriam-Webster, Springfield 1985

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/