Episode 8.1 - Gungunum

In the 20th century BC, Gungunum made himself king of the Sumerian city of Larsa. He brought Larsa from an inconsequential minor city to the dominant city state in Sumer, allowing him to claim the title of King of Sumer. His was the last dynasty that could be considered Sumerian, before the region shifted to what we now call Babylonia

Sources

• Madeleine Andre Fitzgerald, “The Rulers of Larsa”

• Samuel Noah Kramer, The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character

• Bill T. Arnold, Who Were the Babylonians?

• The Cambridge Ancient History, Chapter XXIII - Persia c. 2400-1800 B.C.

• George G. Cameron, History of Early Iran

• C. Leonard Woolley, The Sumerians

• Patrick Carleton, Buried Empires

• L. Delaport and V. Gordon Childe, Mesopotamia: The Babylonian and Assyrian civilization

• Leonard William King, A History Of Babylon From The Foundation Of The Monarchy To The Persian Conquest

• William Hallo, “The Last Years of the Kings of Isin”, The Journal of Near Eastern Studies

Names Mentioned

• Amorites

• Elam

• Hammurabi

• Ishbi-Erra

• Ur-Nammu