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Imi (Italy)
Imi, according to the ''Sumerian King List'', was one of four rivals (the others being Igigi (Akkadian King), Igigi, Ilulu, and Nanum (king), Nanum) vying to be king of the Akkadian Empire during a three-year period following the death of Shar-kali-sharri.Thorkild Jacobsen, ''The Sumerian King List'' (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1939), pp. 112-115 This chaotic period came to an end when Dudu of Akkad, Dudu consolidated his power over the realm. See also *List of Mesopotamian dynasties * History of Mesopotamia Notes {{Early Rulers of Mesopotamia 22nd-century BC kings of Akkad Akkadian people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Of Akkad
The king of Akkad (Akkadian language, Akkadian: , ') was the ruler of the city of Akkad (city), Akkad and Akkadian Empire, its empire, in Ancient Near East, ancient Mesopotamia. In the 3rd millennium BC, from the reign of Sargon of Akkad to the reign of his great-grandson Shar-Kali-Sharri, the Akkadian Empire represented the dominant power in Mesopotamia and the first known great empire. The empire would rapidly collapse following the rule of its first five kings, owing to internal instability and Gutian dynasty of Sumer, foreign invasion, probably resulting in Mesopotamia re-fracturing into independent city-states, but the power that Akkad had briefly exerted ensured that its prestige and legacy would be claimed by monarchs for centuries to come. Ur-Nammu of Ur, who founded the Neo-Sumerian Empire and reunified most of Mesopotamia, created the title "King of Sumer and Akkad" which would be used until the days of the Achaemenid Empire. History Although Sargon of Akkad is often ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
