Talk:Adab (city)

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Lugal-Anne-Mundu[edit]

The most important king, in history of Adab, was Lugal-Anne-Mundu (2490 - 2400)?

He was a great conqueror, who is said to have ruled Adab for 90 years. Later documents, from his reign, state that he controlled the entire Mesopotamia and Syria, from the Lower Sea (i.e. modern Persian Gulf) to the Upper Sea (i.e. modern Mediterranean sea) and up to the Zagros mountains, and including Elymaea (or else Elam).

He was called "King of the Four Quarters of the Universe" and "He who made all the foreign lands pay steady tribute to him, who brought peace to the peoples of all the lands, who built the temples of all the great gods, who restored Sumer to its glory, who exercised Kingship over the entire world".

Thirteen ensis (i.e local kings) band together and rebel against him, but all are defeated. Most of the them, including those of the Elamite cities, had Semitic names. Later, he campaigned into the Zagros, extending his sway to Gutium.

His empire, the largest up to this time, dissolved upon his death.

Note:

The Four Quarters of Universe (according to Sumerians of the middle of 3rd millennium) were:

Sumeria Southern (or Sumeria Proper or Hyria, in Greek),
Sumeria Northern (or land of Kish, or the posterior Akkadia or Cissia, in Greek)
Elam (or Elymaea, in Greek)
Mesopotamia Upper and Syria (both are posterior Greek names)

--IonnKorr 17:53, 1 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Dating problems[edit]

It seems to me that the dating in the article is either wrong or uses a special calibration (which then should be mentioned). Hammurabi (usually assumed to have ruled around 1750BC) is written as "2250 BC", Sargon (2250BC) as "3000BC". Btw., why "Sumeria" instead of the usual "Sumer"? Halloran's FAQ (27) disgrees. -- Ralf Muschall, http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benutzer:Ralf_Muschall 18:53, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

Request for coordinates[edit]

I just averaged the coordinates from the two neighboring cities given for Adab and got these: 31 53'30" N, 45 39'59" E. If somebody else thinks this is good enough, please add it to the article; or if someone knows of more accurate numbers, then add those. Thanks! Xaxafrad 18:54, 1 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Adab (Tell Bismaya) 31°56′50″N 45°37′35″E / 31.947261°N 45.626258°E

BTW there is another Bismaya at 33°14′05″N 44°36′11″E / 33.234833°N 44.602944°E, maybe the redirect from Bismaya to Adab should be removed. ≡ CUSH ≡ 20:25, 8 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

1911 encyclopedia stuff[edit]

Well, the stuff that was in the Archaeology section (now paragraphs 1 and 3) was copied verbatim from the 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. So, when I get the chance, I'll rewrite that section from scratch. It's wrong anyway. Ploversegg (talk) 17:00, 8 October 2008 (UTC)ploversegg[reply]

Done.Ploversegg (talk) 23:06, 12 January 2009 (UTC)ploversegg[reply]

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