Tags: Monarch.
Ur-Nammu (or Ur-Namma Ur-Engur Ur-Gur ca. 2047-2030 BC short chronology) founded the Sumerian 3rd dynasty of Ur in southern Mesopotamia following several centuries of Akkadian and Gutian rule. His main achievement was state-building and Ur-Nammu is chiefly remembered today for his legal code the Code of Ur-Nammu the oldest known surviving example in the world.
