Urukagina

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Urukagina
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:city gptkb:Lagash
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Lagash
gptkbp:era gptkb:Early_Dynastic_III_period
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Urukagina
gptkbp:knownFor abolishing certain taxes
limiting power of priesthood
one of the earliest known legal codes
prohibiting forced sale of property
prohibiting seizure of property by officials
prohibiting the rich from oppressing the poor
prohibiting usury
protecting the poor from exploitation
restoring confiscated property
gptkbp:language Sumerian
gptkbp:legacy considered an early social reformer
gptkbp:notableEvent overthrown by Lugalzagesi
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:social_reform
reforms
early legal code
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:King
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Lugalanda
gptkbp:region gptkb:Sumer
gptkbp:reign c. 24th century BCE
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Sumerian_religion
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Shagshag
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Lugalzagesi
gptkbp:title gptkb:King_of_Lagash
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Mesopotamia
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5