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  2. Ur-Nammu - Wikipedia

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    Sharlach has more recently noted that favour for Ur-Nammu not having been deified has been accepted by many scholars. [13] Whatever the current state of the deification debate, Ur-Nammu was clearly worshiped after his death. The palace at Tummal included funerary chapels for Ur-Nammu (e Tum-ma-al Ur-d Namma) and his wife. His wife is known to ...

  3. Third Dynasty of Ur - Wikipedia

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    Enthroned King Ur-Nammu, founder of the Third Dynasty of Ur c. 2047 BC, on a cylinder seal. [3] His name appears vertically in the upper right corner (π’Œ¨π’€­π’‡‰). Ur-Nammu rose to prominence as a warrior-king when he crushed the ruler of Lagash in battle, killing the king himself. After this battle, Ur-Nammu seems to have earned the title ...

  4. Code of Ur-Nammu - Wikipedia

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    The Code of Ur-Nammu is the oldest known surviving law code. It is from Mesopotamia and is written on tablets, in the Sumerian language c. 2100–2050 BCE . It contains strong statements of royal power like "I eliminated enmity, violence, and cries for justice."

  5. Attack on Titan - Wikipedia

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    Attack on Titan: Escape from Certain Death was announced to be in development for the Nintendo 3DS in Famitsu magazine in October 2016. The game was initially supposed to be launched on March 30, 2017, but was later postponed to May 11, 2017. [80] Attack on Titan 2: Future Coordinates was released on November 30, 2017, in Japan. [81] [82]

  6. Ur - Wikipedia

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    After a short period of chaos following the fall of the Akkadian Empire the third Ur dynasty was established when the king Ur-Nammu came to power, ruling between c. 2047 BC and 2030 BC. During his rule, temples, including the Ziggurat of Ur , were built, and agriculture was improved through irrigation .

  7. Nammu - Wikipedia

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    Nammu (𒀭𒇉 d ENGUR = d LAGAB×αΈͺAL; also read Namma [1]) was a Mesopotamian goddess regarded as a creator deity in the local theology of Eridu. It is assumed that she was associated with water. It is assumed that she was associated with water.

  8. Akkadian royal titulary - Wikipedia

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    The inscription gives Ur-Nammu's titulature as "Ur-Nammu, strong man, king of Ur". Akkadian or Mesopotamian royal titulary refers to the royal titles and epithets (and the style they were presented in) assumed by monarchs in Ancient Mesopotamia from the Akkadian period to the fall of the Neo-Babylonian Empire (roughly 2334 to 539 BC), with some ...

  9. Laws of Eshnunna - Wikipedia

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    In distinction from the other Mesopotamian collections of law, this one got its name after the city where it had originated – Eshnunna, located on the bank of the Diyala River, tributary to the Tigris, north of Ur. Eshnunna became politically important after the fall of the third dynasty of Ur, founded by Ur-Nammu.