Mystery AtlasSumerian King List
A Mesopotamian composition, known from copies made from roughly 2100 BC onward, that records successive dynasties of kings believed to have ruled southern Mesopotamia, with reign lengths ranging from the openly legendary to the plausibly historical.
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Theories & Explanations
Sumerian King List served as the basis for Anunnaki Human-Origins Claim — Sitchin cited the King List's implausibly long antediluvian reigns as evidence of long-lived Anunnaki rulers, a reading Assyriologists reject.
People
- Gilgameshtraditionally placed c. 27th century BC; earliest texts naming him date from c. 2100 BC
Sumerian King List mentions Gilgamesh — Listed as the fifth king of Uruk's first post-flood dynasty, reigning 126 years.
Places
Sumerian King List is associated with Mesopotamia.
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