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The history of Sumer spans through the 5th to 3rd millennia BCE in southern Mesopotamia, ... Following the fall of Sargon's Empire to the Gutians, a brief "Dark Ages ...
Uruk, one of Sumer's largest cities, has been estimated to have had a population of 50,000–80,000 at its height. [62] Given the other cities in Sumer, and the large agricultural population, a rough estimate for Sumer's population might be 0.8 million to 1.5 million. The world population at this time has been estimated at 27 million. [63]
The Gutian dynasty (Sumerian: ππΎππ , gu-ti-um KI) was a line of kings, originating among the Gutian people.Originally thought to be a horde that swept in and brought down Akkadian and Sumerian rule in Mesopotamia, the Gutians are now known to have been in the area for at least a century by then.
The Sumerian king list suggests that the Guti ruled over Sumer for several generations following the fall of the Akkadian Empire. [ 3 ] By the mid 1st millennium BCE , use of the name "Gutium", by the people of lowland Mesopotamia , was extended to include all foreigners from northwestern Iran , between the Zagros Mountains and the Tigris River .
The Sumerian King List (abbreviated SKL) or Chronicle of the One Monarchy is an ancient literary composition written in Sumerian that was likely created and redacted to legitimize the claims to power of various city-states and kingdoms in southern Mesopotamia during the late third and early second millennium BC.
Since Summer, in this reality, lived, Lucy’s parents don’t know who she is. But Lucy’s OK with it: She decides to time travel one last time back to 2003 so she can grow up with Summer and Quinn.
Ziggurat of Ur. The Renaissance of Sumer is a period of the history of Mesopotamia that includes the years between the fall of the Akkadian Empire and the period of the Amorite dynasties of Isin and Larsa—both with governments of Semitic origin—between the centuries 22nd B.C. and 21st B.C.
The group is scheduled to be one of the headliners at this summer's Essence Fest at New Orleans’ Caesars Superdome. New Edition at the 1990 MTV Video Music Awards. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)