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Ur-Nanshe

2500 BC - 2500 BC

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Ur-Nanshe (Sumerian: 𒌨𒀭𒀏, UR-NANŠE) also Ur-Nina, was the first king of the First Dynasty of Lagash (approx. 2500 BCE) in the Sumerian Early Dynastic Period III. He is known through inscriptions to have commissioned many buildings projects, including canals and temples, in the state of Lagash, and defending Lagash from its rival state Umma. He was probably not from royal lineage, being the son of Gunidu (𒄖𒉌𒁺) who was recorded without an accompanying royal title. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ur-Nanshe has received more than 100,649 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ur-Nanshe is the 161st most popular architect (up from 6,791st in 2019), the 166th most popular biography from Iraq (up from 177th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iraqi Architect.

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Among ARCHITECTS

Among architects, Ur-Nanshe ranks 161 out of 424Before him are Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Ernst Neufert, Joseph Paxton, Michael Ventris, Hermann Tilke, and Juan de Herrera. After him are Jacobus Oud, Jean Chalgrin, Fumihiko Maki, Charlotte Perriand, Kevin A. Lynch, and Georg Wenzeslaus von Knobelsdorff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 2500 BC, Ur-Nanshe ranks 14Before him are Seth-Peribsen, Userkare, Enmerkar, Eannatum, Nefermaat, and Puabi. After him are Kubaba, Khentkaus III, Peseshet, Nubnefer, En-anna-tum I, and Tudiya. Among people deceased in 2500 BC, Ur-Nanshe ranks 2Before him is Userkaf. After him are Khentkaus III, Peseshet, En-anna-tum I, A'annepada, and Akurgal.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Ur-Nanshe ranks 166 out of 338Before him are Al-Mustarshid (1092), Seleucus of Seleucia (-190), Diogenes of Babylon (-240), Rimush (null), Rashid Ali al-Gaylani (1892), and Muḥammad ibn Ibrāhīm al-Fazārī (746). After him are Al-Khatib al-Baghdadi (1002), Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i (1904), Shalmaneser IV (-900), Sin-shumu-lishir (-700), Al-Muti (914), and Al-Muqtafi (1096).

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Among ARCHITECTS In Iraq

Among architects born in Iraq, Ur-Nanshe ranks 2Before him are Zaha Hadid (1950).