Shu-turul

Shu-turul
Title King of Akkadian Empire
Parents King Dudu of Akkad[1]

Shu-turul (Shu-durul) was a king of Akkad from ca. 2233 to 2218 BC. He was preceded by his father Dudu. He was the last king of Akkad according to the Sumerian king list.[2]

Akkad was conquered and the capital was moved back to Uruk at the end of his reign.[3]

Sources

  1. ^ The first great civilizations: life in Mesopotamia, the Indus Valley, and Egypt by Jacquetta Hopkins Hawkes
  2. ^ Handbook To Life In Ancient Mesopotamia by Stephen Bertman
  3. ^ Who's Who in the Ancient Near East by Gwendolyn Leick
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