Visual Timeline: Shulgi of Ur

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2047 BCE - 1750 BCE: The Ur III Period in Sumer, known as the Sumerian Renaissance.
 
2030 BCE: Death of Ur-Nammu, King of Ur, Shulgi's father.
 
 
2029 BCE: Shulgi assumes the throne of Ur.
 
 
2029 BCE - 1982 BCE: Reign of Shulgi of Ur.
 
2022 BCE: Probable year of Shulgi's famous run.
 
 
1990 BCE: Construction of the Great Wall to keep the Amorites from Sumer.
 
1982 BCE: Death of Shulgi of Ur.
 
 
1981 BCE - 1973 BCE: Shulgi's son Amar-Sin assumes the throne of Ur.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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