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Population[edit]

Akkadian people[edit]

Sumerian people[edit]

Gutian people[edit]

Elamite people[edit]

History[edit]

Government[edit]

List of rulers during the Akkadian period[edit]

List of rulers in Mesopotamia during the Akkadian period[edit]

List of rulers in Lower Mesopotamia during the Akkadian period[edit]

List of rulers from Ur[edit]
# Ruler Approximated date and length of reign Succession and death details Notes and references

  Denotes a ruler described with the Sumero-Akkadian equivalent for the title of king[a]
  Denotes a ruler described with the Sumero-Akkadian equivalent for the title of high king[b]
  Denotes a ruler described with the Sumero-Akkadian equivalent for the title of great king[c]
  Denotes a ruler described with the Sumero-Akkadian equivalent for the title of emperor[d]
  Denotes a ruler described with the Sumero-Akkadian equivalent for the title of king-emperor[e]
  Denotes a ruler described with the Sumero-Akkadian equivalent for the title of governor[f]
  Denotes a ruler described with the Sumero-Akkadian equivalent for the title of God-Emperor[g]

Proto-Imperial period (c. 2350 – c. 2334 BCE)
First dynasty of Ur (r. c. 2600 – c. 2112 BCE)
"12 kings; they ruled for 2,310 (or 3,588) years. Then Uruk was defeated and the kingship was taken to Ur."
3rd Elulu r. c. 2350 BCE
(25 years)
Unclear succession
4th Balulu Uncertain
(36 years)
Unclear succession
Third dynasty of Uruk (r. c. 2340 – c. 2316 BCE)
1st Lugalzagesi r. c. 2340 – c. 2316 BCE
(25 or 34 years)
Son of Ukush
List of rulers from Uruk[edit]
# Ruler Approximated date and length of reign Succession and death details Notes and references
"1 king; he ruled for 7 (or 360 up to 420) years. Then Hamazi was defeated and the kingship was returned a second time to Uruk."
1st Enshakushanna r. c. 2350 BCE
(60 years)
He may have been the son of Elulu
List of rulers from Umma[edit]
# Ruler Approximated date and length of reign Succession and death details Notes and references
List of rulers from Lagash[edit]
# Ruler Approximated date and length of reign Succession and death details Notes and references
List of rulers from Adab[edit]
# Ruler Approximated date and length of reign Succession and death details Notes and references
List of rulers from Der[edit]
# Ruler Approximated date and length of reign Succession and death details Notes and references
List of rulers from Nippur[edit]
# Ruler Approximated date and length of reign Succession and death details Notes and references
List of rulers from Pashime[edit]
# Ruler Approximated date and length of reign Succession and death details Notes and references

List of rulers in Central Mesopotamia during the Akkadian period[edit]

List of rulers from Kish[edit]
# Ruler Approximated date and length of reign Succession and death details Notes and references
Proto-Imperial period (c. 2350 – c. 2334 BCE)
Second dynasty of Kish (r. c. 2500 – c. 2350 BCE)
"3 kings; they ruled for 356 years. Then Awan was defeated and the kingship was taken to Kish."
8th Enbi-Ishtar r. c. 2350 BCE
(25 years)
Unclear succession
"8 kings; they ruled for 3,195 (or 3,792) years. Then Kish was defeated and the kingship was taken to Hamazi."
Third dynasty of Kish (r. c. 2350 – c. 2334 BCE)
"6 kings; they ruled for 136 (or 184) years. Then Mari was defeated and the kingship was taken to Kish."
1st Kubaba Uncertain
(100 years)
Unclear succession
2nd Puzur-Suen r. c. 2360 – c. 2340 BCE
(25 years)
Son of Kubaba
3rd Ur-Zababa r. c. 2340 BCE
(4, 6, or 400 years)
Son of Puzur-Suen
Fourth dynasty of Kish (r. c. 2334 – c. 2254 BCE)
"5 (or 6) kings; they ruled for 87 (or 99 up to 116) years. Then the reign of Akshak was abolished and the kingship was taken to Kish."
3rd Zimudar Uncertain
(30 years)
Unclear succession
4th Usiwater Uncertain
(6 or 7 years)
Son of Zimudar
5th Eshtar-muti Uncertain
(11 or 17 years)
Unclear succession
6th Ishme-Shamash Uncertain
(11 years)
Unclear succession
7th Shu-ilishu Uncertain
(15 years)
Unclear succession
8th Nanniya Uncertain
(3 or 7 years)
Unclear succession
List of rulers from Akkad[edit]
# Ruler Approximated date and length of reign Succession and death details Notes and references
"1 king; he ruled for 25 (or 34) years. Then the reign of Uruk was abolished and the kingship was taken to Akkad."
1st Sargon r. c. 2335, c. 2334, c. 2330 – c. 2279 BCE
(37, 40, 50, 54, 55, or 56 years)
Son of La'ibum
2nd Rimush r. c. 2279, c. 2278 – c. 2270 BCE
(7, 9, or 15 years)
Son of Sargon
3rd Manishtushu r. c. 2270, c. 2269 – c. 2255 BCE
(7 or 15 years)
Son of Sargon
4th Naram-Suen r. c. 2255, c. 2254 – c. 2218 BCE
(36 or 56 years)
Son of Manishtushu
5th Sharkalisharri r. c. 2218, c. 2217 – c. 2193 BCE
(24 or 25 years)
Son of Naram-Suen
"157 are the years of the dynasty of Sargon. Then who was king? Who was the king?"
6th Igigi r. c. 2193, c. 2192 BCE
(≤1 year)
Unclear succession
7th Imi r. c. 2192 BCE
(≤1 year)
Unclear succession
8th Nanum r. c. 2191 BCE
(≤1 year)
Unclear succession
9th Ilulu r. c. 2190 BCE
(≤1 year)
Unclear succession
10th Dudu r. c. 2190, c. 2189 – c. 2169 BCE
(21 years)
Unclear succession
11th Shu-turul r. c. 2169, c. 2168 – c. 2154 BCE
(15 or 18 years)
Son of Dudu

List of rulers in Upper Mesopotamia during the Akkadian period[edit]

List of rulers from Assur[edit]
# Ruler Approximated date and length of reign Succession and death details Notes and references
List of rulers from Gutium[edit]
# Ruler Approximated date and length of reign Succession and death details Notes and references
List of rulers from Lulubum[edit]
# Ruler Approximated date and length of reign Succession and death details Notes and references
List of rulers from Simurrum[edit]
# Ruler Approximated date and length of reign Succession and death details Notes and references
List of rulers from Kazallu[edit]
# Ruler Approximated date and length of reign Succession and death details Notes and references

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Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Sumerian: 𒈗, romanized: lugal; transliterated: .gal; lugal; lit.'big man'.
  2. ^ The Sumerian king list (SKL) is a regnal list that records up to 139 kings said to have held the kingship (Sumerian: 𒉆𒈗, romanized: nam-lugal) over all of Sumer (Sumerian: 𒆠𒂗𒄀, romanized: kién-g̃i(-r)).
  3. ^ Sumerian: 𒉺𒋼𒋛, romanized: lugal kiški; transliterated: lugal kiški.
  4. ^ Sumerian: 𒈗𒌦𒈠, romanized: lugal kalam-ma; transliterated: lugal kalam.ma.
  5. ^ Sumerian: 𒂗𒆠𒂗𒄀𒈗𒌦, romanized: én kién-g̃i(-r) lugal kalam
  6. ^ Sumerian: 𒉺𒋼𒋛, lit.'énsí'; transliterated: pa.te.si; ensi₂; lit.'lord of the plowland'.
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