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Ur-Nammu (or Ur-Namma, Ur-Engur, Ur-Gur, ca. 2112-2095 BC middle chronology) founded the Sumer
Sumer

Sumer was a civilization and a historical region located in Southern Iraq , known as the Cradle of civilization. It lasted from the first settlement of Eridu in the Ubaid period through the Uruk period and the Dynastic periods until the rise of Babylon in the early 2nd millennium BC....
ian 3rd dynasty of Ur, in southern Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia is the area of the Tigris-Euphrates river system, along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, largely corresponding to modern Iraq, as well as some parts of northeastern Syria, some parts of southeastern Turkey, and some parts of the Khuzestan Province of southwestern Iran....
, following several centuries of Akkadian and Gutian rule. He was succeeded by his son Shulgi
Shulgi

Shulgi of Urim was the second king of the "Sumerian Renaissance". He reigned for 48 years, dated to 2047 BC–1999 BC short chronology . Shulgi was the son of Ur-Nammu king of Ur; according to one later text , by a daughter of the former king Utu-hengal of Uruk and was a member of the Third dynasty of Ur....
, after an eighteen-year reign. His death on the battle-field against the Gutians (after he had been abandoned by his army) was commemorated in a long Sumerian poetic composition.

His main achievement was state-building, and Ur-Nammu is chiefly remembered today for his legal code
Legal code

A legal code is a body of law written by a governmental body, such as a U.S. state, a Canada Provinces and territories of Canada or Germany States of Germany or a municipality....
, the Code of Ur-Nammu
Code of Ur-Nammu

The Code of Ur-Nammu is the oldest known tablet containing a law code surviving today. It was written in the Sumerian language ca. 2100-2050 BC....
, arguably the oldest surviving example in the world.






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Ur-Nammu (or Ur-Namma, Ur-Engur, Ur-Gur, ca. 2112-2095 BC middle chronology) founded the Sumer
Sumer

Sumer was a civilization and a historical region located in Southern Iraq , known as the Cradle of civilization. It lasted from the first settlement of Eridu in the Ubaid period through the Uruk period and the Dynastic periods until the rise of Babylon in the early 2nd millennium BC....
ian 3rd dynasty of Ur, in southern Mesopotamia
Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia is the area of the Tigris-Euphrates river system, along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, largely corresponding to modern Iraq, as well as some parts of northeastern Syria, some parts of southeastern Turkey, and some parts of the Khuzestan Province of southwestern Iran....
, following several centuries of Akkadian and Gutian rule. He was succeeded by his son Shulgi
Shulgi

Shulgi of Urim was the second king of the "Sumerian Renaissance". He reigned for 48 years, dated to 2047 BC–1999 BC short chronology . Shulgi was the son of Ur-Nammu king of Ur; according to one later text , by a daughter of the former king Utu-hengal of Uruk and was a member of the Third dynasty of Ur....
, after an eighteen-year reign. His death on the battle-field against the Gutians (after he had been abandoned by his army) was commemorated in a long Sumerian poetic composition.

His main achievement was state-building, and Ur-Nammu is chiefly remembered today for his legal code
Legal code

A legal code is a body of law written by a governmental body, such as a U.S. state, a Canada Provinces and territories of Canada or Germany States of Germany or a municipality....
, the Code of Ur-Nammu
Code of Ur-Nammu

The Code of Ur-Nammu is the oldest known tablet containing a law code surviving today. It was written in the Sumerian language ca. 2100-2050 BC....
, arguably the oldest surviving example in the world. He was also responsible for ordering the construction of a number of stepped temples, called ziggurats, including the Great Ziggurat of Ur
Great Ziggurat of Ur

The Ziggurat was dedicated to the moon god Nanna in the Sumerian city of Ur in ancient Mesopotamia, in present-day Iraq, near Nasiriyah south of Baghdad....
. Among his military exploits were the conquest of Lagash
Lagash

Lagash is located northwest of the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and east of Uruk, Lagash was one of the oldest cities of Sumer and later Babylonia....
 and the defeat of his former masters at Uruk
Uruk

Uruk , from the Akkadian rendering of the Sumerian toponym 'unug', is modern Warka , Iraq. Uruk was an ancient city of Sumer and later Babylonia, situated east of the present bed of the Euphrates river, on the ancient Nil canal, some 30 km east of As-Samawah, Al Muthanna Governorate, Iraq....
. He was eventually recognized as a significant regional ruler (of Ur, Eridu
Eridu

Eridu , from the Sumerian for 'mighty place', is modern Tell Abu Shahrain, Iraq. Eridu was the earliest city in southern Mesopotamia, founded c 5400 BCE....
, and Uruk) at a coronation in Nippur
Nippur

Nippur , from the Sumerian for 'lord wind' , is modern Nuffar in Afak Al Qadisyah Governorate, Iraq. Nippur was one of the most ancient of all the Sumerian cities....
, and is believed to have constructed buildings at Nippur, Larsa
Larsa

Larsa , was an important city of ancient Sumer. It lies some 25 km southeast of the ruin mounds of Uruk , near the east bank of the Shatt-en-Nil canal ....
, Kish
Kish (Sumer)

Kish is modern Tell al-Uhaymir, Babil Governorate, Iraq), and was an ancient city of Sumer. Kish is located some 12 km east of Babylon, and 80 km south of Baghdad....
, Adab
Adab

Adab was an ancient Sumerian city between Telloh and Nippur....
, and Umma
Umma

Umma was an ancient city in Sumer....
. He was known for restoring the roads and general order after the Gutian period.

See also

  • History of Sumer
    History of Sumer

    The history of Sumer, taken to include the prehistoric Ubaid period and Uruk period 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....
  • Sumerian king list
    Sumerian king list

    The Sumerian King List is an ancient text in the Sumerian language that lists monarch of Sumer from Sumerian and foreign dynasties. It records the location of "official" kingship, along with the rulers and the lengths of their rule....

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