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Shulgi

r. c. 2094–2047 BCE · 21st century BCE

Shulgi was the second king of the Third Dynasty of Ur, reigning c. 2094–2047 BCE. He reorganised the administration, created standard weights and measures and a provincial system, and expanded the realm through military campaigns. Accounts of the Neo-Sumerian Empire present his reign as the height of the empire.

Shulgi
Image: Ward, William Hayes, 1835-1916 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Neo-Sumerian EmpireFoundation, Military, Governance, Decline

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Shulgi. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/shulgi
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