WORLD CIVILIZATION

Detailed explanation-1: -According to the museum, the two cities were disputing over a fertile area called Gu’edina or the ‘Edge of the Plain. ‘ Around 2400 B.C. Enmetena, king of Lagash, had the pillar erected to stake his claim to the territory.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lagash, modern Telloh, one of the most important capital cities in ancient Sumer, located midway between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in southeastern Iraq.

Detailed explanation-3: -Destruction of Lagash by the Akkadian Empire (circa 2300 BC)

Detailed explanation-4: -The Treaty of Mesilim, inscribed in cuneiform on a stele, or stone pillar, is the world’s oldest known legal agreement. It refers to a boundary dispute between Umma and Lagash, two adjacent states on the banks of the Tigris, near the Persian Gulf.