Eridu (c. 5500 – c. 5467 BCE)

Main article: Eridu

#	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details
1^st	Alulim	reigned c. 5500 – c. 5490 BCE (≈10 years)	Unclear succession
2^nd	Alalngar	r. c. 5490 – c. 5480 BCE (≈10 years)	Brother of Alulim (?)
3^rd	Amelon	r. c. 5480 – c. 5467 BCE (≈13 years)	Unclear succession

Bad-tibira (c. 5467 – c. 5437 BCE)

Main article: Bad-tibira

#	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details
4^th	En-men-lu-ana	r. c. 5467 – c. 5455 BCE (≈12 years)	Unclear succession
5^th	En-men-gal-ana	r. c. 5455 – c. 5447 BCE (≈8 years)
6^th	Dumuzid	r. c. 5447 – c. 5437 BCE (≈10 years)

Larak (c. 5437 – c. 5429 BCE)

Main article: Larak (Sumer)

#	Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details	Comments, notes, and references
7^th		En-sipad-zid-ana	r. c. 5437 – c. 5429 BCE (≈18 years)	Unclear succession

Sippar (c. 5429 – c. 5419 BCE)

Main article: Sippar

#	Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details	Comments, notes, and references
8^th		En-men-dur-ana	r. c. 5429 – c. 5419 BCE (≈10 years)	Unclear succession

Shuruppak (c. 5419 – c. 5391 BCE)

Main article: Shuruppak

#	Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details	Comments, notes, and references
9^th		Ubara-Tutu	r. c. 5419 – c. 5409 BCE (≈10 years)	Unclear succession
10^th		Ziusudra	r. c. 5409 – c. 5391 BCE (≈18 years)

Kish I (c. 5391 – c. 4805 BCE)

Main article: Kish (Sumer)

#	Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details
11^th		Jushur	r. c. 5391 – c. 5391 BCE (≈50 years)	Unclear succession
12^th		Kullassina-bel	r. c. 5391 – c. 5391 BCE (≈50 years)
13^th		Nangishlishma	r. c. 5391 – c. 5391 BCE (≈50 years)
14^th		En-tarah-ana	r. c. 5391 – c. 5391 BCE (≈50 years)
15^th		Babum	r. c. 5391 – c. 5391 BCE (≈50 years)
16^th		Puannum	r. c. 5391 – c. 5391 BCE (≈50 years)
17^th		Kalibum	r. c. 5391 – c. 5391 BCE (≈50 years)
18^th		Kalumum	r. c. 5391 – c. 5391 BCE (≈50 years)
19^th		Zuqaqip	r. c. 5391 – c. 5391 BCE (≈50 years)
20^th		Atab	r. c. 5391 – c. 5391 BCE (≈50 years)
21^st		Mashda	r. c. 5391 – c. 5391 BCE (≈50 years)	Son of Atab
22^nd		Arwium	r. c. 5391 – c. 4999 BCE (≈50 years)	Son of Mashda
23^rd		Etana	r. c. 4999 – c. 4999 BCE (≈50 years)	Unclear succession
24^th		Balih	r. c. 4999 – c. 4999 BCE (≈50 years)	Son of Etana
25^th	En-me-nuna		r. c. 4999 – c. 4999 BCE (≈50 years)	Unclear succession
26^th	Melem-Kish		r. c. 4999 – c. 4999 BCE (≈50 years)	Sons of En-me-nuna
27^th	Barsal-nuna		r. c. 4999 – c. 4999 BCE (≈50 years)	Sons of En-me-nuna
28^th	Zamug		r. c. 4999 – c. 4999 BCE (≈50 years)	Son of Barsal-nuna
29^th	Tizqar		r. c. 4999 – c. 4999 BCE (≈50 years)	Son of Zamug
30^th	Ilku		r. c. 4999 – c. 4999 BCE (≈50 years)	Unclear succession
31^st	Iltasadum		r. c. 4999 – c. 4999 BCE (≈50 years)
32^nd		Enmebaragesi	r. c. 4999 – c. 4999 BCE (≈50 years)
33^rd		Aga	r. c. 4999 – c. 4805 BCE (≈50 years)	Son of Enmebaragesi

Uruk I (c. 5000 – c. 4656 BCE)

Main article: Uruk

#	Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details
34^th		Meshkiangasher	r. c. 5000 – c. 4982 BCE (≈18 years)	Son of Utu (?)
35^th		Enmerkar	r. c. 4982 – c. 4932 BCE (≈50 years)	Son of Meshkiangasher (?)
36^th		Lugalbanda	r. c. 4932 – c. 4910 BCE (≈22 years)	Unclear succession
37^th		Dumuzid	r. c. 4910 – c. 4800 BCE (≈110 years)	Unclear succession
38^th		Gilgamesh	r. c. 4800 – c. 4796 BCE (≈4 years)	Son of Lugalbanda (?)
39^th	Ur-Nungal		r. c. 4796 – c. 4766 BCE (≈30 years)	Son of Gilgamesh
40^th	Udul-kalama		r. c. 4766 – c. 4751 BCE (≈15 years)	Son of Ur-Nungal
41^st	La-ba'shum		r. c. 4751 – c. 4742 BCE (≈9 years)	Unclear succession
42^nd	En-nun-tarah-ana		r. c. 4742 – c. 4734 BCE (≈8 years)	Unclear succession
43^rd	Mesh-he		r. c. 4734 – c. 4698 BCE (≈36 years)
44^th	Melem-ana		r. c. 4698 – c. 4692 BCE (≈6 years)
45^th	Lugal-kitun		r. c. 4692 – c. 4460 BCE (≈36 years)

Ur I (c. 4656 – c. 4479 BCE)

Main article: Ur

#	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details
46^th	Mesannepada	r. c. 4656 – c. 4576 BCE (≈80 years)	Son of Meskalamdug (?)
47^th	Meskiagnun I	r. c. 4576 – c. 4540 BCE (≈36 years)	Son of Mesannepada (?)
48^th	Elulu	r. c. 4540 – c. 4515 BCE (≈25 years)	Unclear succession
49^th	Balulu	r. c. 4515 – c. 4479 BCE (≈36 years)	Unclear succession

Awan (c. 4479 – c. 4123 BCE)

Main article: Awan (ancient city)

#	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details
50^th	Unknown	r. c. 4479 – c. 4360 BCE (≈119 years)	Unclear succession
51^st	[…]Lu	r. c. 4360 – c. 4240 BCE (≈120 years)
52^nd	Kul[…]	r. c. 4240 – c. 4123 BCE (≈117 years)

Kish II (c. 4123 – c. 3845 BCE)

#	Portrait or inscription	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details
57^th	Susuda	r. c. 4123 – c. 3845 BCE (≈50 years)	Unclear succession
58^th	Dadasig	r. c. 3845 – c. 3845 BCE (≈81 years)
59^th	Mamagal	r. c. 3845 – c. 3845 BCE (≈50 years)
60^th	Kalbum	r. c. 3845 – c. 3845 BCE (≈50 years)	Son of Mamagal
61^st	Tuge	r. c. 3845 – c. 3845 BCE (≈50 years)	Unclear succession
62^nd	Mennuna	r. c. 3845 – c. 3845 BCE (≈50 years)	Son of Tuge
63^rd	Lugalngu	r. c. 3845 – c. 3845 BCE (≈50 years)	Unclear succession
64^th	Enbi-Ishtar	r. c. 3845 – c. 3845 BCE (≈50 years)	Unclear succession

Hamazi (c. 3845 – c. 3838 BCE)

Main article: Hamazi

#	Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details	Comments, notes, and references
65^th	Hadanish		r. c. 3845 – c. 3838 BCE (≈7 years)	Unclear succession

Uruk II (c. 3838 – c. 3651 BCE)

#	Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details
66^th		Enshakushanna	r. c. 3838 – c. 3778 BCE (≈60 years)	Son of Elulu (?)
67^th		Lugalkinishedudu	r. c. 3778 – c. 3658 BCE (≈120 years)	Unclear succession
68^th	Argandea		r. c. 3658 – c. 3651 BCE (≈7 years)	Unclear succession

Ur II (c. 3651 – c. 3477 BCE)

#	Portrait or inscription	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details
53^rd	Nanni	r. c. 3651 – c. 3531 BCE (≈120 years)	Unclear succession
54^th	Meskiagnun II	r. c. 3531 – c. 3483 BCE (≈48 years)	Son of Nanni
55^th	[…]	r. c. 3483 – c. 3479 BCE (≈4 years)	Unclear succession
56^th	Unknown	r. c. 3479 – c. 3477 BCE (≈2 years)	Son of […]

Adab (c. 3477 – c. 3387 BCE)

Main article: Adab (city)

#	Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details	Comments, notes, and references
69^th		Lugal-Anne-Mundu	r. c. 3477 – c. 3387 BCE (≈90 years)	Unclear succession

Mari (c. 3387 – c. 3191 BCE)

Main article: Mari, Syria

#	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details
70^th	Anbu	r. c. 3387 – c. 3297 BCE (≈90 years)	Unclear succession
71^st	Anba	r. c. 3297 – c. 3280 BCE (≈17 years)	Son of Anbu
72^nd	Bazi	r. c. 3280 – c. 3250 BCE (≈30 years)	Unclear succession
73^rd	Zizi	r. c. 3250 – c. 3230 BCE (≈20 years)
74^th	Limer	r. c. 3230 – c. 3200 BCE (≈30 years)
75^th	Sharrumiter	r. c. 3200 – c. 3191 BCE (≈9 years)

Kish III (c. 3191 – c. 3091 BCE)

#	Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details	Comments, notes, and references
82^nd		Kubaba	r. c. 3191 – c. 3091 BCE (≈100 years)	Unclear succession

Akshak (c. 3091 – c. 2975 BCE)

Main article: Akshak

#	Portrait or inscription	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details
76^th	Unzi	r. c. 3091 – c. 3061 BCE (≈30 years)	Unclear succession
77^th	Undalulu	r. c. 3061 – c. 3049 BCE (≈12 years)
78^th	Urur	r. c. 3049 – c. 3043 BCE (≈6 years)
79^th	Puzur-Nirah	r. c. 3043 – c. 3023 BCE (≈20 years)
80^th	Ishu-Il	r. c. 3023 – c. 2999 BCE (≈24 years)
81^st	Shu-Suen	r. c. 2999 – c. 2975 BCE (≈24 years)	Son of Ishu-Il

Kish IV (c. 2975 – c. 2857 BCE)

#	Portrait or inscription	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details
83^rd	Puzur-Suen	r. c. 2975 – c. 2950 BCE (≈25 years)	Son of Kubaba
84^th	Ur-Zababa	r. c. 2950 – c. 2944 BCE (≈6 years)	Son of Puzur-Suen
85^th	Zimudar	r. c. 2944 – c. 2914 BCE (≈30 years)	Unclear succession
86^th	Usiwater	r. c. 2914 – c. 2907 BCE (≈7 years)	Son of Zimudar
87^th	Eshtar-muti	r. c. 2907 – c. 2890 BCE (≈17 years)	Unclear succession
88^th	Ishme-Shamash	r. c. 2890 – c. 2879 BCE (≈11 years)
89^th	Shu-ilishu	r. c. 2879 – c. 2864 BCE (≈15 years)
90^th	Nanniya	r. c. 2864 – c. 2857 BCE (≈7 years)

Uruk III (c. 2857 – c. 2823 BCE)

#	Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details	Comments, notes, and references
91^st		Lugalzagesi	r. c. 2857 – c. 2823 BCE (≈34 years)	Son of Ukush

Akkad (c. 2823 – c. 2613 BCE)

Main article: Akkad (city)

#	Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details
92^nd		Sargon	r. c. 2823 – c. 2767 BCE (≈56 years)	Son of La'ibum
93^rd		Rimush	r. c. 2767 – c. 2752 BCE (≈15 years)	Sons of Sargon
94^th		Manishtushu	r. c. 2752 – c. 2737 BCE (≈15 years)	Sons of Sargon
95^th		Naram-Suen	r. c. 2737 – c. 2681 BCE (≈56 years)	Son of Manishtushu
96^th		Sharkalisharri	r. c. 2681 – c. 2656 BCE (≈25 years)	Son of Naram-Suen
97^th	Igigi		r. c. 2656 – c. 2655 BCE (≈1 year)	Unclear succession
98^th	Imi		r. c. 2655 – c. 2654 BCE (≈1 year)
99^th	Nanum		r. c. 2654 – c. 2653 BCE (≈1 year)
100^th	Ilulu		r. c. 2653 – c. 2652 BCE (≈1 year)
101^st		Dudu	r. c. 2652 – c. 2631 BCE (≈21 years)	Relative of Sharkalisharri (?)
102^nd		Shu-turul	r. c. 2631 – c. 2613 BCE (≈18 years)	Son of Dudu

Uruk IV (c. 2613 – c. 2517 BCE)

#	Portrait or inscription	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details
103^rd	Ur-nigin	r. c. 2613 – c. 2583 BCE (≈30 years)	Unclear succession
104^th	Ur-gigir	r. c. 2583 – c. 2568 BCE (≈15 years)	Son of Ur-nigin
105^th	Kuda	r. c. 2568 – c. 2562 BCE (≈6 years)	Unclear succession
106^th	Puzur-ili	r. c. 2562 – c. 2542 BCE (≈20 years)	Unclear succession
107^th	Ur-Utu	r. c. 2542 – c. 2517 BCE (≈25 years)	Son of Ur-gigir

Gutium (c. 2517 – c. 2392 BCE)

#	Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details
108^th	Erridupizir		r. c. 2517 – c. 2489 BCE (≈28 years)	Unclear succession
109^th	Imta		r. c. 2489 – c. 2486 BCE (≈3 years)
110^th		Inkishush	r. c. 2486 – c. 2479 BCE (≈7 years)
111^th	Sarlagab		r. c. 2479 – c. 2473 BCE (≈6 years)
112^th	Shulme		r. c. 2473 – c. 2467 BCE (≈6 years)
113^th	Elulmesh		r. c. 2467 – c. 2460 BCE (≈7 years)
114^th	Inimabakesh		r. c. 2460 – c. 2454 BCE (≈6 years)
115^th	Igeshaush		r. c. 2454 – c. 2448 BCE (≈6 years)
116^th	Yarlagab		r. c. 2448 – c. 2433 BCE (≈15 years)
117^th	Ibate		r. c. 2433 – c. 2430 BCE (≈3 years)
118^th	Yarla		r. c. 2430 – c. 2427 BCE (≈3 years)
119^th	Kurum		r. c. 2427 – c. 2424 BCE (≈3 years)
120^th	Apilkin		r. c. 2424 – c. 2421 BCE (≈3 years)
121^st		La-erabum	r. c. 2421 – c. 2419 BCE (≈2 years)
122^nd	Irarum		r. c. 2419 – c. 2417 BCE (≈2 years)
123^rd	Ibranum		r. c. 2417 – c. 2416 BCE (≈1 year)
124^th	Hablum		r. c. 2416 – c. 2414 BCE (≈2 years)
125^th	Puzur-Suen		r. c. 2414 – c. 2407 BCE (≈7 years)	Son of Hablum
126^th	Yarlaganda		r. c. 2407 – c. 2400 BCE (≈7 years)	Unclear succession
127^th		Siium	r. c. 2400 – c. 2393 BCE (≈7 years)
128^th		Tirigan	r. c. 2393 – c. 2392 BCE (≈40 days)

Uruk V (c. 2392 – c. 2366 BCE)

#	Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details	Comments, notes, and references
129^th		Utu-hengal	r. c. 2392 – c. 2366 BCE (≈26 years)	Unclear succession

Ur III (c. 2366 – c. 2220 BCE)

#	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details
130^th	Ur-Nammu	r. c. 2366 – c. 2348 BCE (≈18 years)	Son of Utu-hengal (?)
131^st	Shulgi	r. c. 2348 – c. 2290 BCE (≈58 years)	Son of Ur-Nammu
132^nd	Amar-Suen	r. c. 2290 – c. 2265 BCE (≈25 years)	Son of Shulgi
133^rd	Shu-Suen	r. c. 2265 – c. 2245 BCE (≈20 years)	Son of Amar-Suen
134^th	Ibbi-Suen	r. c. 2245 – c. 2220 BCE (≈25 years)	Son of Shu-Suen

Isin I (c. 2220 – c. 1985 BCE)

#	Portrait or inscription	Ruler	Approx. date and length of reign	Succession and death details
135^th		Ishbi-Erra	r. c. 2220 – c. 2187 BCE (≈33 years)	Unclear succession
136^th		Shu-Ilishu	r. c. 2187 – c. 2167 BCE (≈20 years)	Son of Ishbi-Erra
137^th		Iddin-Dagan	r. c. 2167 – c. 2146 BCE (≈21 years)	Son of Shu-Ilishu
138^th		Ishme-Dagan	r. c. 2146 – c. 2128 BCE (≈18 years)	Son of Iddin-Dagan
139^th		Lipit-Ishtar	r. c. 2128 – c. 2117 BCE (≈11 years)	Son of Ishme-Dagan
140^th	Ur-Ninurta		r. c. 2117 – c. 2089 BCE (≈28 years)	Son of Ishkur
141^st		Bur-Suen	r. c. 2089 – c. 2067 BCE (≈22 years)	Son of Ur-Ninurta
142^nd	Lipit-Enlil		r. c. 2067 – c. 2062 BCE (≈5 years)	Son of Bur-Suen
143^rd	Erra-imitti		r. c. 2062 – c. 2054 BCE (≈8 years)	Unclear succession
144^th	Ikūn-pî-Ištar		r. c. 2054 – c. 2053 BCE (≈6 months)
145^th	Enlil-bani		r. c. 2053 – c. 2029 BCE (≈24 years)
146^th	Zambiya		r. c. 2029 – c. 2026 BCE (≈3 years)
147^th	Iter-pisha		r. c. 2026 – c. 2022 BCE (≈4 years)
148^th	Ur-du-kuga		r. c. 2022 – c. 2019 BCE (≈3 years)
149^th	Suen-magir		r. c. 2019 – c. 2008 BCE (≈11 years)
150^th		Damiq-ilishu	r. c. 2008 – c. 1985 BCE (≈23 years)	Son of Suen-magir

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