Gulkishar - king of the Land of the Sea , ruled in the XVI century BC. e.
When Gulkishar came to power in the Land of the Sea , apparently another royal house came, the kings of which, unlike the previous ones bearing Akkadian names, had strange Sumerian names, the last in history.
After [1594 BC [1594 BC]], after the departure of the troops of Mursili I, the king of the “Hatti Country” (Hittites) from Babylon and the reign of the kings of the Kassite dynasty from Hana (either Harbashipak, or Tiptakzi) in Babylon, Gulkishar got the opportunity separate from Babylon. He proclaimed himself king of Primorye and united the whole of Lower Mesopotamia under his authority. According to the inscription of the later Babylonian king Ellil-nadine-apli , Gulkishar gave a piece of land to the goddess Nina in the area of the city of Der .
Literature
- History of the Ancient East. The origin of the oldest class societies and the first foci of slave civilization. Part 1. Mesopotamia / Edited by I. M. Dyakonov . - M .: The main edition of the eastern literature of the publishing house " Science ", 1983. - 534 p. - 25,050 copies.
- Ancient East and antiquity . // Rulers of the World. Chronological and genealogical tables on world history in 4 vols. / Compiled by V.V. Erlikhman . - T. 1.