In retribution for attacking Subartu, a deity supposedly cursed this ruler's people with famine.
In retribution for attacking Subartu, a deity supposedly cursed this ruler's people with famine. This figure defeated Lugalzagesi after rising to power in Kish, and he later appointed Rumish as his successor. This ruler grew up as a (*) cupbearer to the king Ur-Zababa before he revolted and became the king himself, and his daughter Enheduanna became a High Priestess to the moon god Nanna. This man, who gained the loyalty of his soldiers by eating with them daily, conquered various Sumerian city-states in the 23rd and 22nd centuries BC. For ten points, name this supposed inspiration for Nimrod in the Bible, a war-loving ruler of Akkad.
In retribution for attacking Subartu, a deity supposedly cursed this ruler's people with famine.
{Sargon} I (or {Sargon} the Great; or {Sargon} of Akkad)