Nippur
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Was a Mesopotamian city-state in actual Iraq.
Establishment
January 2899 BC: Nippur was an ancient Sumerian city since the Early Dynastic Period. It was the special seat of the worship of the Sumerian god Enlil, the "Lord Wind", ruler of the cosmos, subject to An alone. Nippur was located in modern Nuffar in Afak, Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Iraq. It was roughly 200 kilometers south of modern Baghdad and about 96 kilometers southeast of the ancient city of Babylon.
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 campaigns of Enshakushanna, king of the Sumerian city-state of Uruk.
January 2449 BC: King Enshakushanna of Uruk conquered Hamazi, Akkad, Kish, and Nippur, claiming hegemony over all of Sumer.
Disestablishment
January 2449 BC: King Enshakushanna of Uruk conquered Hamazi, Akkad, Kish, and Nippur, claiming hegemony over all of Sumer.
Selected Sources
Black, Jeremy; Green, Anthony (1992), Gods, Demons and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated Dictionary, Austin, Texas: University of Texas Press, p. 142, ISBN 0714117056
De Lafayette, M. (2014): COMPARATIVE ENCYCLOPEDIC DICTIONARY OF MESOPOTAMIAN VOCABULARY DEAD & ANCIENT LANGUAGES, Lulu.com, p. 83
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
