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Shu Sin

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Parents
  
Shulgi

Siblings
  
Amar-Sin

Children
  
Ibbi-Sin

Grandparent
  
Ur-Nammu

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Similar
  
Shulgi, Gudea, Sargon of Akkad, Shamshi‑Adad I, Ashurbanipal

Shu-sin was king of Sumer and Akkad, and was the penultimate king of the Ur III dynasty. He succeeded his brother Amar-Sin, and reigned c. 1972-1964 BC. (short chronology)

Following an open revolt of his Amorite subjects, he directed the construction of a fortified wall between the Euphrates and the Tigris rivers in his fourth year, intending it to hold off any further Amorite attacks. He was succeeded by his son Ibbi-Sin.

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Shu-Sin Wikipedia