Gudea of Lagash, Ancient Sumer's Enlightened King

Offset your carbon footprint on Wren: https://www.wren.co/start/historywithcy The first 100 people who sign up will have 10 extra trees planted in their name! In this video, we take a look at one of ancient Sumer's most enlightened rulers, Gudea, king of Lagash. In a world where might made right and a ruler's subjects were often expendable, Gudea perhaps introduced an ideology of kingship that put his people first and likened a king to a shepherd watching over his flock. Along with his devotion to Lagash's patron deity, Ningirsu, Gudea is known for the many beautiful and now famous works of art that he commissioned as well as sowing the seeds for what would become a renaissance of Sumerian culture in ancient Mesopotamia. Related Videos: The Complete and Concise History of the Sumerians and Early Bronze Age Mesopotamia (7000-2000 BC)    • The Complete and Concise History of the Su...   Sources and Suggested Reading ► https://bit.ly/3sxDq5b Thanks to Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin for the photo of the Votive Stela of Gudea at 15:04; photo taken from Wikimedia Commons. This video was sponsored by Wren Follow History with Cy: Instagram ►   / historywithcy   Facebook ►   / historywithcy   Twitter ►   / historywithcy   Website ► http://www.historywithcy.com Podcast ► https://historywithcy.buzzsprout.com/ Music: Epidemic Sound #ancienthistory #history #sumer