Ur-Nammu

Ur - Nammu (also Ur-Nammu and Ur - Namma ) was a Sumerian king from 2112 to 2095 BC, from the nearby city of Ur in Mesopotamia. He founded the III. Dynasty of Ur, and was initially general and governor of Utuḫengal of Uruk on the throne of the king of Ur.

From its supremacy it but dissolved quickly. It is even speculated that Ur - Nammu was brother of Utechengal. He began his career in Esch Shu, a small town near Ur, from the well came his mother and her family. There is evidence in the sources that suggest that Ur - Nammu was the first Utuchengal inferior.

When he had finally shaken off Utuchegals power, he divided among other Uruk, Eridu, Larsa, Adab and Nippur, after a victory over Namahani, a member of Gudea dynasty of Lagash, also the former state of Lagash his territory (in total there are 23 have been city-states ), thus establishing the third dynasty of Ur. Auto Parts Akkad belonged to his dominion. In the reformation of the state, it kept the old Sumerian traditions - especially in the legendary city of Uruk, which is why this time is also called the Sumerian Renaissance. The reorganization had a centralization and bureaucratization result. Administration and jurisdiction were reorganized, show what cadastral texts and the Law - Codex Ur - Nammu. In Uruk he installed one of his sons as en- priest of the goddess Inanna. Even before he had named one of his daughters to the high priestess of the moon god Nanna in Ur. At his coronation, he moved to Nippur, the religious center of Sumer, where he sacrificed to the god Enlil. Thus, he combines the three most important religious centers in his hand.

Through this agreement Sumer he could pull the supremacy and supervision of long-distance trade in itself. Ur in the following years was the center of trade with Magan and Meluhha.

He had an eight- meter high wall and a wall around the temple area in his capital Ur build, which had an estimated population of 30,000 and an area of ​​about 63 hectares. Ur - Nammu is the originator of the Ziggurat of Ur and the ziggurat of Nanna. The canal and road system he had converted and renew. The temples in other cities he had protected with walls. At the end of his life he began with the construction of the walls of Ur, which, however, he no longer was able to bring to an end.

Towards the end of his reign he grew with the Elamites, who had allied with the Gutäern, a strong opponent. Ur-Nammu died suddenly after 18 years of rule, he was probably in a battle against the Gutian death. His successor was his son, King Shulgi.

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