Lagash (irq)

Lagash

Lagash ranks 5,627th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Firuzabad, Fars, Nyborg, and Rudkøbing. The most famous people from Lagash are En-anna-tum I, Eannatum, and Akurgal. The most famous people who died in Lagash are En-anna-tum I, Eannatum, and Akurgal. Lagash has been the birth place of many politicians, and archaeologists and the death place of many politicians, and archaeologists. Lagash is located in Iraq.

Lagash was an ancient city-state located northwest of the junction of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and east of Uruk, about 22 kilometres (14 mi) east of the modern town of Al-Shatrah, Iraq. Lagash was one of the oldest cities of the Ancient Near East, and the Lagash state incorporated the cities of Lagash, Girsu, Nina. Girsu, about 25 km (16 mi) northwest of Lagash, was the religious center of the Lagash state, with its main temple, the E-ninnu, dedicated to the god Ningirsu. The ancient site of Nina, around 10 km (6.2 mi) away, marks the southern limit of the state. Read more on Wikipedia