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- Not to be confused with Dumuzid, the Shepherd
Dumuzid, "the Shepherd", from Bad-tibira in Sumer, was the 5th pre-dynastic king on the Sumerian king list .He is considered a precursor to the Babylonian god Tammuz. According to a story found on a broken tablet known as "Inanna prefers the Farmer," he and the farmer-diety Enkimdu argued for some...
Dumuzid (= "true/right child/son" in Sumerian), "the Fisherman", originally from
KuaraKuara was an ancient Sumerian city located on the western bank of the mouth of the Euphrates River, about 30 km southeast of Ur....
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SumerSumer was a civilization and historical region in southern Iraq . It is the earliest known civilization in the world and is known as the Cradle of Civilization...
, was the 3rd king in the 1st Dynasty of
UrukUruk was an ancient city of Sumer and later Babylonia, situated east of the present bed of the Euphrates river, on the ancient dry former channel of the Euphrates River, some 30 km east of modern As-Samawah, Al-Muthannā,...
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GilgameshGilgamesh, also known as Bilgameṣ in the earliest text, was the son of Lugalbanda and the fifth king of Uruk , ruling circa 2700 BC, according to the Sumerian king list...
's predecessor, according to the
Sumerian king listThe Sumerian King List is an ancient manuscript, originally recorded in the Sumerian language, listing kings of Sumer from Sumerian and foreign dynasties. It records the location of "official" kingship, along with the rulers and their supposed reign lengths...
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- History of Sumer
The history of Sumer, taken to include the prehistoric Ubaid and Uruk periods, spans the 5th to 3rd millennia BC, ending with the downfall of the Third Dynasty of Ur around 2004 BC, followed by a transition period of Amorite states before the rise of Babylonia in the 18th century BC.The first...
- Uruk
Uruk was an ancient city of Sumer and later Babylonia, situated east of the present bed of the Euphrates river, on the ancient dry former channel of the Euphrates River, some 30 km east of modern As-Samawah, Al-Muthannā,...
- Sumerian king list
The Sumerian King List is an ancient manuscript, originally recorded in the Sumerian language, listing kings of Sumer from Sumerian and foreign dynasties. It records the location of "official" kingship, along with the rulers and their supposed reign lengths...
- Mesopotamian mythology
Mesopotamian mythology is the collective name given to Sumerian, Akkadian, Assyrian, and Babylonian mythologies from parts of the fertile crescent, the land between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Iraq....
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