Iltasadum

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Iltasadum of Kish was the twenty-first Sumerian king in the First Dynasty of Kish (after c. 2900 BC), according to the Sumerian king list.

Kish (Sumer) ancient city of Sumer in Mesopotamia

Kish was an ancient tell of Sumer in Mesopotamia, considered to have been located near the modern Tell al-Uhaymir in the Babil Governorate of Iraq, east of Babylon and 80 km south of Baghdad.

Sumer Ancient civilization and historical region in southern Mesopotamia

Sumer is the earliest known civilization in the historical region of southern Mesopotamia, modern-day southern Iraq, during the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze ages, and one of the first civilizations in the world along with Ancient Egypt and the Indus Valley. Living along the valleys of the Tigris and Euphrates, Sumerian farmers were able to grow an abundance of grain and other crops, the surplus of which enabled them to settle in one place. Prehistoric proto-writing dates back before 3000 BC. The earliest texts, from c. 3300 BC, come from the cities of Uruk and Jemdet Nasr; early cuneiform script emerged around 3000 BC.

Preceded by
Ilku
King of Sumer
after c. 2900 BC
Succeeded by
En-me-barage-si
Ensi [ citation needed ] of Kish
after c. 2900 BC


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