# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ur-nammu
# Generated: 2026-09-02T15:02:10.553Z

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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Ur-Nammu rose to power around 2112 BC in southern Mesopotamia, ending centuries of Akkadian and Gutian dominance by founding the Third Dynasty of Ur. He expanded his realm through military conquest, claiming the titles King of Ur and King of Sumer and Akkad, and poured the spoils into temples and canals across his domain. His legal code — the Code of Ur-Nammu — predates every other surviving written law by generations, a set of rulings carved in stone that would shape Near Eastern justice for a millennium. He began construction of the great Ziggurat of Ur, a stepped temple tower dedicated to the moon god, under the watch of his patron goddess Ninsuna. He died around 2094 BC, leaving behind an empire that would last a century and monuments that outlasted it by four thousand years.