The Great Sumerian Rivalry: Lagash vs. Umma

Hello everybody greeting from lagash . Thank you for your great work of revealing so much info to the public.

Never heard of Urukagina's lawcode or Lugalzagesi before, fascinating!

I love it when you quote the actual ancient texts, Cy. It really brings the people and their history to life.

BTW, for all those that love Mesopotamian history, the Great Courses Plus has a really good one with about 15-20 lectures covering the whole history at a medium level of detail and does a couple deep dives. Mostly doesn’t get to the level of detail Cy does, which is why I LOVE his/hers vids so much. I have no affiliation with them and get nothing for mentioning them, just thought ya’ll might appreciate a mention of another — IMO, good “big picture” source of info. Definitely I appreciate the scholarship and attention to detail of Cy’s vids more.

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Love this, thank you!!!

amazing content. do you have some episode about Goebekli Tepe ?

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Your presentations have gotten much better since you started. Your organization, story telling and readings have dramatically improved. Basic production value is solid on the latest presentations.

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Hi Cy, I love you work, I found it to be amazing, comparatively with other channels dealing with history, particularly the bronze age, and ancient Mesopotamia. How did you reach such a level of detail, when everyone else is almost mentioning a date, a name or nothing

I have two comments about this. I had heard about this conflict before, I knew about Lugalzagesi, but the way I heard about this part of his motivation for conquest was, maybe, vengeance against Lagash and what's why Lugalzagesi leave the destruction of Lagash for last. The order here is a bit different. The second is that I had the impression Lagash was kinda militaristic. Part of their wealthy came from hunting slaves from the mountains east to sell. In consequence of this they had a strong "army", which allowed them to campaign against the neighborhood. Which lead to the whole situation that made Lugalzagesi wish his "vengeance". I came here to watch this video and another one because I discovered about Urukagina. Made me think about "what if". They way I see Urukagina wanted to lead Lagash to a more pacifist and diplomatic way, but it was too late. Lugalzagasi was already in the way, opening the path that Sargon would take. I wonder if the reaction coming from Umma played a role in Lugalganda regime. Unable to profit from military campaigns in the region like before, to satisfy his nobles and to strengthen himself he turned against his own city.

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