Battle of Gu-Edin and Stele of the Vultures (Lagash)
2500 BCE
Victory of King Eannatum of Lagash over Umma, carved on the oldest known military monument.
Sources and References
Stèle des Vautours (Musée du Louvre, AO 50 et AO 2346-2348)
Consulter l'archive officielle ↗Jerrold S. Cooper, Reconstructing History from Ancient Inscriptions: The Lagash-Umma Border Conflict (1983)
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2560 BCE
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Collapse of the Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period
2181 BCE