Sumer

List of the major city-states of Sumer.

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By the third millennium B.C. there were at least 12 major city-states in Sumer.

• Kish (Tell al-Uhaimer)
• Uruk
• Ur (al-Mukayyar)
• Sippar
• Akshak
• Larak
• Nippur
• Adab
• Umma
• Lagash (Tello)
• Bad-Tabira
• Larsa