Chapter Twenty-Nine: The First Dynasty of Uruk

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Traditionally, the Sumerian states lacked trees, so houses were built using mud that did not burn wood, so they had to be rebuilt every few years. This is in stark contrast to the rich forest resources of the Elamite region, which made Elamite an object of plunder by the Mesopotamian states. Thus, Elam was invaded and conquered by the countries of Mesopotamia very early in history, but also invaded and conquered these countries many times.

Since then, the two Irans have been entangled in history, and wars have occurred continuously, and there have been Iran-Iraq wars until modern times. In terms of origin, the civilizations were all derived from the Harappan civilization, but later split into Sumerian and Aryan civilizations, which later led to wars between Mesopotamia and the Elamite regions from different civilizations. The seeds of hatred between Iran and Iraq have been going on for 5,000 years.

After almost unifying the entire region, Nmi Balagoshe was left with only one last enemy, Uruk.

In 2939 BC, during the reign of St. Tumus, King of Uruk, Nmi Balagesi launched an attack on Uruk.

On the battlefield, Nmi Balagashe was defeated by Uruk and captured alive by St. Tumus.

Agga, reigned 25 years, 2939-2914 BC.

In 2939 BC, after Nmi Balageshe was captured alive, his son Aga hastily assumed the throne of Kish.

In the early days, after Aga came to power, he had to continue to pay tribute to Uruk because of the defeat of Nmi Barageshe.

In 2929 BC, after the death of St. Tumus, Gilgamesh was unable to maintain an advantage over Kish and paid tribute to Kish.

King Aga of Kish was afraid that Uruk would continue to challenge him after regaining his strength, so he did everything possible to weaken Uruk's strength as much as possible, which was manifested in the implementation of a high-handed policy against Uruk. The two sides waged a fierce struggle over this.

In 2914 BC, the city of Kish was captured by the First Uruk Dynasty. The First Dynasty of Kish perished.

A careful study of the Sumerian royal table shows that from beginning to end, the royal power has been alternating between Kish and Uruk, and other small countries rarely get the opportunity to dominate, so your can be considered okay.

Therefore, Kish and Uruk are feuds, which many Assyrians have not discovered, and the two are Lagash and Winma. Some map experts also deliberately marked Kish and Lagash, marking the two on the same map, but there are obvious errors in it, in fact, the address of Kish is generally marked to the Akkadian region, far north of Nippur, and it is well known that among the famous cities of Sumer, Nipur is recognized as the northernmost city in Sumer. Only Sipal was the only Sumerian city located in the northern Akkadian region before the flood. And some of the Lagash even marked the edge of the Persian Gulf, which is also wrong. In fact, Kish is located in the middle of the plain between the two rivers, far from the banks of the river, so that he can escape the threat of flooding, and there are also Nipur, Atab, and Sulupak with similar conditions.

The First Dynasty of Kish experienced a total of 23 kings, 560 years, 3 months, 3 and a half days.

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"Kish was defeated and the royal power was transferred to Aiana. ”

Uruk is located on the east bank of the Euphrates River and now has the ruins of the city of Uruk. In some texts, it is written about Wenma, so that people mistakenly think that the Sumerians had another city, but in fact the two are only transliterated.

It was established around BC3800 long before the flood. It was originally a Sumerian settlement. The main deity worshipped by the local people is Iana (). In the third century, it was destroyed during the Sassanid Empire of Persia.

According to Sumerian mythology, Eanna (), the main god of Uruk, visited Enki, the god of water, in Elidu and asked him for the gift of civilization, and Enki was fascinated by Enna's beauty and generously brought back to Uruk with gifts such as writing, animal husbandry, and navigation.

As mentioned earlier, the reality is that Uruk and Tumus of Badtibila joined forces to attack Eredu and destroy the Second Dynasty of Eredu. Badtibila gained supremacy, while Uruk received a large amount of wealth and advanced civilization.

In 3474 BC, after the Great Flood, the city of Uruk suffered heavy losses due to its location on the banks of the Euphrates River, and the city was rebuilt from the ruins.

Due to the advanced nature of the Uruk civilization, which had obtained a large number of Eridu's civilization achievements, it was rebuilt at the fastest rate among the flood-stricken states, so it soon became one of the main forces in the Sumerian region and a neighbor of Kish. Of course, it cannot be compared with Kish, who has almost nothing to lose for hundreds of years.

The Sumerians founded the splendid Uruk culture here (3400-3100 BC). The inhabitants made bronze and pottery, built huge tower-shaped buildings, and created pictorial writing, which was the germ of later Sumerian cuneiform writing.

The Uruk culture belongs to the late Bronze and Stone Age of Western Asia, which is the second period of Sumerian civilization in archaeology. It is named after the ancient city of Uruk, which was first discovered in Iraq. It is mainly found in the Mesopotamian region. Later than the Ubaid culture, it was replaced by the Timjet Nase culture around 3100 BC. The main ruins include Uruk ruins (12~4 floors), your ruins, Kish ruins, Nipur ruins, etc., which are mainly traces of civilization after the flood.

The inhabitants are engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, and some specialize in pottery and quarrying.

During this period, pottery making was common in pottery making, and it was possible to make faience. Class divisions are becoming more and more pronounced. The Uruk culture produced three achievements that laid the foundation of the Sumerian tradition, namely the tower-like temple architecture, the cylindrical seal, and the invention of writing. All this shows that Sumer has entered a class society.

In addition to stone tools, bronze tools appeared in large numbers, and copper was more used to make weapons and make gold and silver utensils.

The temple architecture is magnificent and larger than that of the Obaid culture, with the temple as the center, large-scale settlements emerged, and developed into the city, laying the foundation of the Sumerian city.

Uruk is the most famous of these settlements. The area of the urban area at the time of the 6th floor is not less than 0.81 square kilometers. Among them, official buildings, garden cemeteries and private houses each account for one-third. The temple buildings are concentrated in the temple of Iana and the temple of Tenjinan. The representative buildings of the former are the White Temple, the Red Temple, the Labyrinth and the Cone Palace. The colonnade of the hall is arched by two rows of columns with a diameter of 2.62 meters, and the walls are decorated with red, white and black conical inlays. The grandeur of the scale and the high level of mosaic decoration of these buildings reflect the level of development of the productive forces of the time.