Zuqaqip
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Zuqaqip of Kish
was the ninth Sumer
ian king of the First (legendary) Dynasty of Kish (between c. 2900 and c. 2700 BC), according to the Sumerian King List
, where his length of reign is given as 900 years. His name means "Scorpion
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Kish (Sumer)
Kish is modern Tell al-Uhaymir , and was an ancient city of Sumer. Kish is located some 12 km east of Babylon, and 80 km south of Baghdad ....
was the ninth Sumer
Sumer
Sumer was a civilization and historical region in southern Mesopotamia, modern Iraq during the Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age....
ian king of the First (legendary) Dynasty of Kish (between c. 2900 and c. 2700 BC), according to the Sumerian King List
Sumerian king list
The Sumerian King List is an ancient manuscript originally recorded in the Sumerian language, listing kings of Sumer from Sumerian and neighboring dynasties, their supposed reign lengths, and the locations of "official" kingship...
, where his length of reign is given as 900 years. His name means "Scorpion
Scorpion
Scorpions are predatory arthropod animals of the order Scorpiones within the class Arachnida. They have eight legs and are easily recognized by the pair of grasping claws and the narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back, ending with a venomous stinger...
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See also
- Scorpion IScorpion IScorpion I was the first of two kings so-named of Upper Egypt during the Protodynastic Period. His name may refer to the scorpion goddess Serket....
- King ScorpionKing ScorpionScorpion, or Selk, also King Scorpion or Scorpion II refers to the second of two kings so-named of Upper Egypt during the Protodynastic Period. Their names may refer to the scorpion goddess Serket...
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