Sumerian King List Presents Kingship a Divine Gift Had Been bestowed to Mankind.

Nippur was one of the longest-lived Mesopotamian site. For thousands of years, Nippur was the religious center of Mesopotamia, where Enlil, the supreme god of the Sumerian pantheon, created mankind, and lived in the E-kur, the 'mountain house' or the assembly of the gods...Mount Olympus.

Why was Mesopotamia special?

Its history is marked by many important inventions that changed the world, including the concept of time, math, the wheel, sailboats, maps and writing. Mesopotamia is also defined by a changing succession of ruling bodies from different areas and cities that seized control over a period of thousands of years.

Why is the city of Nippur significant to Sumerians?

How did kingship originate in Sumerian cities?

The Sumerian King List presents kingship as a divine gift that had been bestowed upon mankind in primordial times and that was passed down from king to king and from city to city by the will of the gods. Interestingly, this kingship could only be held by one person at a time.May 12, 2018

Although never a political capital, Nippur played a dominant role in the religious life of Mesopotamia. In Sumerian mythology Nippur was the home of Enlil, the storm god and representation of force and the god who carried out the decrees of the assembly of gods that met at Nippur.

When was the temple of Nippur built?  around 2500 B.C.

Built on the Euphrates and at its height around 2500 B.C., Nippur was the home of important temple dedicated to Enlil, a storm god sometimes treated like supreme deity, and other temples, including one dedicated to Bau (Gula), the Mesopotamian goddess of healing. <> Reign c. 2112 BC – 2094 BC (Middle Chronology) c.2048 BC - 2030 BC (Short Chronology) [The Ur-Nammu law code is the oldest known, written about 300 years before Hammurabi's law code.