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Lagash Fights Umma c. 2450 BCE

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The first wars known to history took place about 4,500 years ago in Sumer, southern Mesopotamia — part of modern-day Irak. Described in fragmentary detail on a monument — the Stele of the Vultures — the clash between the Sumerian city-states of Lagash and Umma is the earliest recorded battle.

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“Lagash was ruled by Eannatum, an aggressive king with imperial ambitions. Eannatum entered into dispute with neighbouring Umma over ownership of irrigated land that lay between the two cities.

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