First Dynasty of Kish

Japanese: キシュ第１王朝 - きしゅだいいちおうちょう

…During the first period, the area of the city of Uruk reached 400 hectares. In the second period (27th to 26th centuries BCE), an inscription of Mebaragesh, who is said to have been the second-to-last ruler of the first Kish dynasty, was unearthed, confirming the historical existence of Gilgamesh, the king of Uruk and the protagonist of the later great epic poem (the Epic of Gilgamesh), who is said to have fought against his son Agha and Agha. Among the kings of Uruk who are said to have ruled the entire country after Kish in the King List, there are several others who have their own heroic legends. …

From Mesopotamia

… During the Early Dynastic Period I at the beginning of the 3rd millennium BCE, Kish, located in the area bordering Sumer to the north (later the Akkadian region), held sway. According to legend, Kish was the first to gain dominance over the entire country after the Great Flood (Kish 1st Dynasty). Semites settled in Kish early on, and it seems that they played a major role in the spread of Sumerian culture to Syria and the middle Euphrates region. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…I期中にウルク市の面積が400haに達したという。II期(前27世紀～前26世紀)には，伝承においてキシュ第1王朝の最後から2番目の支配者とされる(エン)メバラゲシの銘文が出土しており，その子アガおよび彼らと戦ったという別の伝承をもつ，後の大英雄叙事詩(《ギルガメシュ叙事詩》)の主人公，ウルクの王ギルガメシュの史的実在性も確実視される。〈王名表〉でキシュに続いて全土を支配したとされるウルクの諸王には，ほかにも何人か英雄伝説を有する者がいる。…

【メソポタミア】より

…　前3千年紀初頭の初期王朝期I期には，シュメールに北接する地域(のちのアッカド地方)に位置するキシュが勢威を有していた。伝承によれば，キシュは〈大洪水〉後に最初に全土の覇権を握っている(キシュ第1王朝)。キシュには早くからセム人が定住し，シリア，ユーフラテス中流域へのシュメール文化伝播に大きな役割を果たしたらしい。…

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