Ur-nigin, also Ur-nigina (, ur-niŋin) or Ur-nigar (, ur-ni-gar) was a Governor (ensi) of Uruk who lived in 22nd century BC.
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Ur-nigin, also Ur-nigina (, ur-niŋin) or Ur-nigar (, ur-ni-gar) was a Governor (ensi) of Uruk who lived in 22nd century BC.
According to the Sumerian King List, Ur-Nigin destroyed the Akkadian Empire, which had probably already be weakened by the Gutians, and established a short-lived Fifth Dynasty of Uruk.
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