Third Dynasty of Kish

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The Third Dynasty of Kish was a ruling line in early Mesopotamian history associated with the city-state of Kish, known from Sumerian king lists as part of the sequence of dynasties that held hegemony in Sumer.

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Third Dynasty of Kish canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mesopotamian dynasty
Sumerian dynasty
dynasty
associatedWith Akkadian-speaking populations
Sumerian-speaking populations
associatedWithConcept Sumerian hegemony
early Mesopotamian kingship ideology
capital Kish
chronologicalPosition early dynastic period of Mesopotamia
country Sumer
culture Sumerian culture
describedIn Sumerian King List
dynasticNumber 3
followedBy Fourth Dynasty of Kish
follows Second Dynasty of Kish
preceding dynasties of Kish
geopoliticalRole city-based hegemony over wider Sumerian region
hasArchaeologicalVisibility indirect
hasHegemonyOver Sumer
hasHegemonyType hegemonic kingship
hasHistoricalAttestation limited
hasLanguage Sumerian
linked to: Sumerian language
hasLocationRelativeTo north of Sumerian cities such as Ur and Uruk
hasPoliticalCenterType walled urban center
hasPrimaryCityType city-state
hasRulingCity Kish
hasSourceType king list tradition
literary tradition
hasUncertainChronology true
hasUncertainRulers true
historicity partly legendary
includedIn sequence of dynasties that held kingship "from heaven" in Sumerian tradition
kingListFunction legitimization of later Mesopotamian kingship
kingListRole link in succession of rulers who "exercised kingship" in Sumer
locatedIn Mesopotamia
city-state of Kish
linked to: city of Kish
mentionedIn various recensions of the Sumerian King List
partOf history of Mesopotamia
history of Sumer
partOfSeries Dynasties of Kish
politicalSystem monarchy
precedesInTradition Akkadian Empire
region southern Mesopotamia
linked to: Lower Mesopotamia
religion ancient Mesopotamian religion
timeInPeriod Early Dynastic period

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Kish hasDynasty Third Dynasty of Kish
Fourth Dynasty of Kish follows Third Dynasty of Kish
Second Dynasty of Kish successor Third Dynasty of Kish