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... Lagash in 2400 B.C. seems to have had 80,000 to 100,000 inhabitants , including the outlying settlements , and in all of Sumeria there may have been 750,000 ( D'iakonov , 1959 ) . The Sumerians assumed a supreme sovereignty over the ...
... Lagash in 2400 B.C. seems to have had 80,000 to 100,000 inhabitants , including the outlying settlements , and in all of Sumeria there may have been 750,000 ( D'iakonov , 1959 ) . The Sumerians assumed a supreme sovereignty over the ...
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... Lagash and Umma in the name of a generally recognized deity , Enlil . There was a common shrine at Nippur to Enlil , whose recognition gave legitimacy to kings ; and rulers of Kish , Ur , Uruk , and other cities at times held a vague ...
... Lagash and Umma in the name of a generally recognized deity , Enlil . There was a common shrine at Nippur to Enlil , whose recognition gave legitimacy to kings ; and rulers of Kish , Ur , Uruk , and other cities at times held a vague ...
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... Lagash , under a new king , regained strength , defeated Umma , and set aside a fallow strip on the Umma side as a buffer zone . However , Umma was allowed to rent some Lagash lands in the south , and citizens of the two cities were ...
... Lagash , under a new king , regained strength , defeated Umma , and set aside a fallow strip on the Umma side as a buffer zone . However , Umma was allowed to rent some Lagash lands in the south , and citizens of the two cities were ...
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