Verified32.5400° N · 44.6040° E · 35 m
Kish
Tell al-Uhaymir
Early Dynastic Sumer to Akkadian·Sumerian / Akkadian·🇮🇶 Babil Governorate, Iraq
About
About Kish
Key Sumerian city-state (c.3100–2000 BCE) dominating Early Dynastic Sumer, palace A, ziggurat, mentioned in King List as first city to have kingship after Flood. Discovered library archives.
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History
How it came to be
- Built
- c.3100 BCE
- Period
- Early Dynastic Sumer to Akkadian
- Culture
- Sumerian / Akkadian
- Purpose
- City-state and early capital
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c.3100 BCE
Initial construction
c. 1486 CE
Rediscovery
Location
Where it is
32.5400° N · 44.6040° E · 35 m
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