Kings of Ancient Mesopotamia by Marian
The image below is a statue of King Hammurabi who was one of the greatest ruler of Ancient Mesopotamia in a city called Babylon.
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King Hammurabi was born on 1792 BC .King Hammurabi who was sixth king of the city in Ancient Mesopotamia in a city called Babylon became king when his father died who was Sin-Muballit at that time Hammurabi was eighteen.It's believed that he went to a school called the Tablet House. King Hammurabi invented the code of Hammurabi which helped his empire not fall apart by bringing justice and peace to the world.The code of Hammurabi included 282 rules , which were written by scribes in 12 tablets.The language the code of Hammurabi was written in cuneiform which was wedged-shaped writing .Cuneiform used symbols for words and syllables.The code of Hammurabi includes rules of many different things. Some of the different many rules he included in his code were about serving in the army,owning land,running a business and there was even laws for families,doctors, and barbers.One of the rules included in the code of Hammurabi was if a son strike his father,they shall cut his fingers.King Hammurabi helped invent the decimal system which today we still use.Hammurabi was the person that had the idea about adding months to the calender.The Babylons were the first to have calenders where years were divided to weeks.King Hammurabi of city Babylon also took control over the city of Isin in the year 1747 .
The image below is a statue of King Gilgamesh who was a king of the city of Uruk in Ancient Mesopotamia.
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Another famous king of Ancient Mesopotamia was King Gilgamesh who was the fifth king of the city of Uruk,of modern day Iraq.His father is known as Lugalbanda and his mother known as Ninsun(a goddess) .,King Gilgamesh of Uruk is usually described as two thirds gods and one third human according to his super strength that helped built the city walls of Uruk to defend his people from threats .According to the list of all the Sumerian Kings he ruled over Uruk for 126 years in the 26th century BC.Some old sumerian texts spell his name as Bilgamesh instead of Gilgamesh.According to epic of Gilgamesh ,Enkidu who later on the epic of Gilgamesh becomes his friend is created by Arurru who is the god of creation which people believe back then in ancient Mesopotamia by clay ,to rid Gilgamesh from his arrogance .The epic of Gilgamesh is also written in clay tablets just like the code of Hammurabi.
The image below is a type of crown that king of Ancient Mesopotamia would wear back then in Ancient time.These crowns were made of pure gold.
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This image is a crown kings would were back then in ancient Mesopotamia for example king Zambaya would wear these type of crowns,who only ruled about three years in the city called Isin.He was the eleventh king to ruled Isin.King Zambaya is mostly known for the defeat against King Larza.He ruled over Isin from 1774 BC to 1772 BC.People of thee city of Isin celebrated his defeat against King Larza by doing celebrations all over Isin like parties or even festivals.
List of Kings of Larsa( a state of Ancient Mesopotamia)!
The image below is one of the statues that people of Larsa created with materials such as clay,marble ,and wood.
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In the city of Larsa there was many kings which in this paragraph I will be writing about.One of the kings of Larsa was called Naplunum who was the first independent king in the city of Larsa but there no records, names,tablets ,or ancient artifacts that can prove that King Naplunum actually existed.So about King Naplunum it's a mystery that was never solved.Now another king that ruled in larsa was King Emisum who ruled from 1940BC to 1920BC .King Hammurabi was also a king of Larsa who I metioned in the beginning .King Zambiya is son of Samuim who was king too that also ruled in Larsa.He ruled from 1877 BC to 1868 BC .Another King of the city of Larsa was King Warad-Sin and ruled from 1770 BC to 1758.This king is also know for defeating an army just like King Zambaya .He defeated the army o f Mutibal who took over Larsa which made his people very happy too.He destroyed the walls of Kazalla or also known as Kazallu. Kazalla a city is believed to be in the west of Mesopotamia .Another King was Rim Sinthe first who is known for expanding Larsa and other people from other cities started to worried about it's growth.He was one of the contemporary kings for King Hammurabi.All these king played very important roles that changed history of ancient Mesopotamia in many ways.