Gutian rule in Sumer

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Gutian rule in Sumer was a period of political fragmentation and foreign domination in Mesopotamia between the fall of the Akkadian Empire and the rise of the Ur III dynasty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period
political era
approximateEndTime late 3rd millennium BCE
approximateStartTime late 3rd millennium BCE
associatedWithRuler Apilkin
Elulmesh
Erridu-pizir
Hablum
Ibate
Ibranum
Ige-shau
Inimabakesh
Irarum
Kurum
La-erabum
Puzur-Suen
Sarlagab
Shulme
Tirigan
Yarla
linked to: Yarlagab

Yarlagab
Yarlaganda
linked to: Yarlagab
characterizedBy foreign domination
political fragmentation
documentedIn Sumerian King List
later Mesopotamian chronicles
endCause Sumerian resistance
rise of the Ur III dynasty
followedBy Ur III dynasty
follows Akkadian Empire
historicalReputation period of chaos and decline in Sumerian tradition
impactOn decline of centralized imperial authority in Mesopotamia
transition between Akkadian and Ur III political systems
languageOfRulers Gutian language
locatedIn Mesopotamia
Sumer
opposedBy Lagash
Sumerian city-states
linked to: Sumer

Ur
Uruk
overthrownBy Ur-Nammu of Ur
linked to: Ur-Nammu

Utu-hengal of Uruk
precededBy Akkadian Empire
precedes Ur III dynasty
regionAffected Sumerian city-states
southern Mesopotamia
religion Mesopotamian polytheism
rulingPeople Gutians
startAfter fall of the Akkadian Empire

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Ur III dynasty follows Gutian rule in Sumer
Akkadian Empire followedBy Gutian rule in Sumer