The Gutians were a West Asiatic people who are thought to have lived around the Zagros Mountains in a region referred to as Gutium. They had no written language and all that is known of them comes from their enemies, including the Akkadians, Sumerians, and Assyrians, who blame them for the destruction and desolation of the land.
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2223 BCE - 2198 BCEReign of Akkadian king Shar-Kali-Sharri; Gutians first mentioned in written accounts.
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2218 BCE - 2047 BCEThe Gutian Period in Sumer.
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c. 2050 BCEGutian power in Sumer is challenged by Utu-Hegal, King of Uruk.
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c. 2029 BCEGutians driven from Sumer by Shulgi of Ur, son of Ur-Nammu.
