Lagash

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Lagash was an important ancient Sumerian city-state in southern Mesopotamia, known for its early political power, distinctive art, and extensive cuneiform records.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Sumerian city-state ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
capitalOf kingdom of Lagash ⓘ
linked to: Lagash
documentedIn Gudea inscriptions ⓘ
Stele of the Vultures ⓘ
Urukagina reform texts ⓘ
engagedInConflictWith Elam ⓘ
Kish ⓘ
Umma ⓘ
flourishedDuring 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
Early Dynastic Period of Mesopotamia ⓘ
hasAdministrativeFeature complex bureaucracy recorded in tablets ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Tell al-Hiba ⓘ
Tello ⓘ
hasArtifact Stele of the Vultures ⓘ
statues of Gudea ⓘ
hasArtStyle realistic and detailed stone sculpture ⓘ
hasDiscovery excavations by Ernest de Sarzec at Tello ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity animal husbandry ⓘ
irrigation agriculture ⓘ
temple-based redistribution ⓘ
textile production ⓘ
hasGovernmentType monarchy ⓘ
hasLanguage Sumerian ⓘ
hasNotableEvent construction projects of Gudea ⓘ
social and economic reforms of Urukagina ⓘ
hasPoliticalStructure city-state with dependent territories ⓘ
hasRecordType economic tablets ⓘ
legal documents ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
hasRuler Eannatum ⓘ
Enannatum I ⓘ
linked to: Eannatum

Entemena ⓘ
Gudea ⓘ
Lugalanda ⓘ
Ur-Nanshe ⓘ
Ur-Ningirsu II ⓘ
Urukagina ⓘ
hasTemple E-ninnu ⓘ
temple of Bau ⓘ
temple of Ningirsu ⓘ
hasWritingSystem cuneiform ⓘ
knownFor administrative archives ⓘ
boundary conflict with Umma ⓘ
distinctive art ⓘ
early political power in Sumer ⓘ
extensive cuneiform records ⓘ
temple architecture ⓘ
locatedIn Sumer ⓘ
southern Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: Lower Mesopotamia
locatedInPresentDay Iraq ⓘ
locatedNear Tigris–Euphrates river system ⓘ
majorDeity Bau ⓘ
Nanshe ⓘ
Ningirsu ⓘ
linked to: Ninurta
partOf Early Dynastic city-state system ⓘ
Sumerian civilization ⓘ
linked to: Sumer
timePeriod circa 2600–2200 BCE as major power ⓘ

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Referenced by (74)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sumer → hasCityState → Lagash ⓘ
Early Dynastic period → hasArchaeologicalSite → Telloh (ancient Girsu) ⓘ
linked to: Lagash
Lagash → capitalOf → kingdom of Lagash ⓘ
linked to: Lagash
Umma → conflictedWith → Lagash ⓘ
Gudea → country → Lagash ⓘ
Gudea → locatedIn → Lagash ⓘ
Gudea → reignedIn → Lagash II dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Lagash
Eannatum → reignedOver → Lagash ⓘ
Lugalzagesi → ruled → Lagash ⓘ
Akkadian Empire → precededBy → Lagash (city-state) ⓘ
linked to: Lagash
Lower Mesopotamia → contains → Lagash ⓘ
Ninhursag → worshipCenter → Lagash ⓘ
Amorite dynasty of Larsa → territorialExpansion → Lagash region ⓘ
linked to: Lagash
Entemena → placeOfRule → Lagash ⓘ
Bau → associatedWith → city of Lagash ⓘ
linked to: Lagash
Bau → majorCultCenter → Lagash ⓘ
Bau → patronDeityOf → Lagash ⓘ
E-ninnu → locatedIn → Lagash ⓘ
E-ninnu → associatedWith → city-state of Lagash ⓘ
linked to: Lagash
Stele of the Vultures → associatedWith → city-state of Lagash ⓘ
linked to: Lagash
Gu’edena → strategicImportanceFor → Lagash ⓘ
subject linked to: Gu’edena (Gu-edenna)
Gu’edena → frequentlyContestedBy → Lagash ⓘ
subject linked to: Gu’edena (Gu-edenna)
Ur-Baba → ruledCityState → Lagash ⓘ
Ur-Baba → politicalEntity → State of Lagash ⓘ
linked to: Lagash
Ninalla → residence → Lagash ⓘ
Gatumdug → associatedWith → city of Lagash ⓘ
linked to: Lagash
Gatumdug → associatedWith → Lagash ⓘ
Gatumdug → worshippedIn → Lagash ⓘ
Temple of Ningirsu at Girsu → locatedIn → Lagash (city-state) ⓘ
subject linked to: temple of Ningirsu at Girsu
linked to: Lagash
Temple of Ningirsu at Girsu → associatedWith → city-state of Lagash ⓘ
subject linked to: temple of Ningirsu at Girsu
linked to: Lagash
Temple of Bau → locatedIn → Lagash ⓘ
subject linked to: temple of Bau
Temple of Bau → associatedWithCityState → Lagash ⓘ
subject linked to: temple of Bau
Umma → conflictedWith → Lagash ⓘ
subject linked to: city of Umma
Temple of Ningirsu → locatedIn → Lagash ⓘ
subject linked to: temple of Ningirsu