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Lagash

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La·gash  (lgsh)
An ancient city of Sumer in southern Mesopotamia. It flourished c. 2400 b.c. and after the fall of Akkad (2180) enjoyed a classical revival noted for its sculpture and literature.


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It also includes the ancient Sumerian ruins of Ur, Eridu, Lagash and Ngirsu.
Miraculously the 21 days of war (20 March 10 April 2003) did not destroy any of Iraq's major ancient sites (Agargouf, Arbil, Ashur, Babylon, Borsippa, Cresiphon, Eridu, Hatra, Khorsabad, Kifal, Kish, Lagash, Larsa, Nimrud, Nineveh, Nippur, Tell Harmal, Al'Ukhaidir, Ur and Uruk).
Aaron Wolf at Oregon State University says the last war fought over mater was between the Mesopotamian city states of Lagash and Umma 4,500 years ago.
 
 
 
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