Enmerkar

Enmerkar also En - merkar was around the year 2750 BC ruler of Uruk. According to the myth, he should have built Uruk after the great deluge again, for this reason he is considered the founder of the city of Uruk. He probably succeeded by his son Lugal - banda to the throne. He is said to be the grandfather of the legendary king Gilgamesh, from the concerns of the Epic of Gilgamesh.