Person

Eannatum

King of Lagash

b. 2550 BCE – d. 2450 BCE World The Great Crossroads

Eannatum is a Sumerian king of Lagash who establishes one of the first verifiable empires in history.

One inscription of his, found on a boulder, states that Eannatum was his Sumerian name, while his "Tidnu" (Syrian?)

name was Lumma.