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Archaeology reveals the site of the city was occupied by the middle of the [[third millennium BC]]. This was still the [[History of Sumer|Sumerian period]], before the [[Assyria|Assyrian kingdom]] emerged in the 23rd to 21st century BC. The oldest remains of the city were discovered in the foundations of the [[Ishtar]] temple, as well as at the Old Palace. In the following [[Akkadian Empire|Old Akkadian period]], the city was ruled by kings from [[Akkadian empire|Akkad]] or Proto-Chaldean. During the [[Ur-III|"Sumerian Renaissance"]], the city was ruled by a Sumerian governor.

[[File:Meso2mil-English.JPG|300px|right|thumb|[[Mesopotamia]] in 2nd millennium BC]]