5-mina weight with the name of Shu-Sin, from Girsu, Louvre Museum

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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 circa 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, intending it to hold off any further Amorite attacks^{[citation needed]}. He was succeeded by his son Ibbi-Sin.

[edit] See also

• History of Sumer
• Sumerian king list

[edit] References

• "Middle East & Africa to 1875". Sanderson Beck. 1998-2004. http://www.san.beck.org/EC3-Sumer.html#3. Retrieved 2006-11-19. 

• Stiebing Jr., William H. (2003). Ancient Near Eastern History and Culture. New York: Pearson Education. ISBN 032106674X.