LAGASH

Meaning of LAGASH in English

Pronunciation: ' l ā - ˌ gash

Function: geographical name

ancient city of Sumer bet. the Euphrates & the Tigris at modern village of Telloh \ te- ' l ō \ in S Iraq

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LAGASH — geographical name ancient city of Sumer between the Euphrates & the Tigris at modern village of Telloh \\te-ˈlō\\ in S …
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LAGASH — modern Telloh Ancient capital in Sumer . It was located midway between the Euphrates rivers in Babylonia , now in …
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LAGASH — /lay"gash/ , n. an ancient Sumerian city between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, at the modern village of Telloh in …
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LAGASH — geographical name ancient city of Sumer between the Euphrates & the Tigris at modern village of Telloh te-ˈlō in S …
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LAGASH — modern Telloh one of the most important capital cities in ancient Sumer, located midway between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers …
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LAGASH — modern Telloh Ancient capital in Sumer . It was located midway between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in Babylonia , …
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LAGASH — Лагаш
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LAGASH — ист. гос-во и г. Лагаш
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LAGASH — (n) Лагаш
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LAGASH — ист. гос-во и г. Лагаш
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SUMER — Region of southern Mesopotamia and site of the earliest known civilization. It was first settled с 4500–4000 BC by a …
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PATESI — (n.) A religious as well as a secular designation applied to rulers of some of the city states of ancient …
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TELLOH — /te loh"/ , n. a village in SE Iraq, between the lower Tigris and Euphrates: site of the ancient Sumerian …
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SUMER — /sooh"meuhr/ , n. an ancient region in southern Mesopotamia that contained a number of independent cities and city-states of which …
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PATESI — add. ·noun a religious as well as a secular designation applied to rulers of some of the city states of …
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FOUNTAIN — in landscape architecture, an issue of water controlled or contained primarily for purposes of decoration, especially an artificially produced jet …
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SUMER — site of the earliest known civilization, located in the southernmost part of Mesopotamia between the Tigris and the Euphrates rivers, …
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SARZEC, (GUSTAVE-CHARLES-) ERNEST (CHOCQUIN) DE — born 1832, Rennes, Fr. died 1901, Vienna French archaeologist whose excavation of the mound of Tello (ancient Girsu, Arabic Tall …
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NINURTA — also called Ningirsu in Mesopotamian religion, city god of Girsu (Tal'ah, or Telloh) in the Lagash region. Ninurta was the …
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NANSHE — in Mesopotamian religion, Sumerian city goddess of Nina (modern Surghul, Iraq) in the southeastern part of the Lagash region of …
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MESOPOTAMIA, HISTORY OF — Sites associated with ancient Mesopotamian history. history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world's earliest civilization developed. The …
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MESOPOTAMIA — (GreekLand Between the Rivers) region between the Tigris and Euphrates in western Asia. In a specific sense, Mesopotamia is the …
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LUGALZAGESI — also spelled Lugalzaggisi (reigned c. 237550 BC), ensi (sacred king) of the southern Mesopotamian city of Umma, who first conquered …
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KISH — modern Tall al-Uhaimer ancient Mesopotamian city-state located east of Babylon in what is now south-central Iraq. According to ancient Sumerian …
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GUTI — mountain people of ancient Mesopotamia who lived primarily around Hamadan in the central Zagros Range. The Guti were a strong …
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DUMUZI-ABZU — in Mesopotamian religion, Sumerian deity, city goddess of Kinirsha near Lagash in the southeastern marshland region. She represented the power …
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BAU — (Sumerian), also called Nininsina, Akkadian Gula or Ninkarrak in Mesopotamian religion, city goddess of Urukug in the Lagash region of …
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AKSHAK — ancient city of Mesopotamia on the northern boundary of Akkad, identified by some authorities with the Babylonian city of Upi …
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SUMER — n. Region of southern Mesopotamia and site of the earliest known civilization. It was first settled 0441; 45004000 BC by …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
NINGIRSU — [Mesopotamian] At Sumero-Babylonian god of rain, irrigation, and fertility; probably an earlier form on Ninurta. He was the patron deity …
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NIN-GISHZIDA — [Mesopotamian] The name means "Trusty timber". He is a Sumerian god paired with Dumuzi, son of Ninazu, consort of Belili, …
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BABA — [Mesopotamian] The Sumerian tutelary goddess of the city of Lagash, some 70 kilometers north of Ur, and patroness of the …
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