11 Facts About Lagash

Lagash was one of the oldest cities of the Ancient Near East.

Lagash seems to have incorporated the ancient cities of Girsu, Nina, Uruazagga and Erim.

From inscriptions found at Girsu such as the Gudea cylinders, it appears that Lagash was an important Sumerian city in the late 3rd millennium BC.

Early scholars suggested that Lagash was a temple theocracy which had absolute control, but Samuel Noah Kramer argued that further discoveries of documents have shown this to be an error.

Dynasties of Lagash are not found on the Sumerian King List, although one extremely fragmentary supplement has been found in Sumerian, known as The Rulers of Lagash.

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Lagash defeated Ur and captured the king of Umma, Pabilgaltuk.

Lagash annexed the kingdom of Kish; however, it recovered its independence after his death.

The Second dynasty of Lagash rose at the time the Gutians were ruling in central Mesopotamia.

The rulers of Lagash, only taking the title of Ensi, or Governors, achieved to maintain a high level of independence from the Gutians in the southernmost areas of Mesoptamia.

Under Gudea, Lagash had a golden age, and seemed to enjoy a high level of independence from the Gutians.

Lagash is one of the largest archaeological sitess in the region, measuring roughly 3 by 1.