Kish

Ancient Sumerian city
Organization ancient_city Q132272
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Kish

Summary

Kish is an ancient city[1]. Kish has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Kish is located in Babylon Governorate[3].
  • Kish is in the country of Iraq[4].
  • Kish is on the continent of Asia[5].
  • Kish's instance of is recorded as ancient city[6].
  • Kish's instance of is recorded as city-state[7].
  • Kish's instance of is recorded as human settlement[8].
  • The location of Kish was Mesopotamia[9].
  • Kish's Commons category is recorded as Kish (Mesopotamia)[10].
  • Kish's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00[11].
  • 3100 BC marks the founding of Kish[12].
  • Kish's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 32.540277777777774, 'lon': 44.60472222222222}[13].
  • Kish's capital of is recorded as First Dynasty of Kish[14].
  • Kish's different from is recorded as Kish[15].
  • Kish's different from is recorded as archaeological site of Kish[16].
  • Kish's different from is recorded as Kesh[17].
  • Kish's different from is recorded as Kingdom of Kush[18].
  • Kish's culture is recorded as Sumer[19].

Body

Founding

3100 BC marks the founding of Kish[12].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Kish include Kish tablet[20], a tablet[21] and Kish civilization[22], an archaeological culture[23].

Why It Matters

Kish has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Kish is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Entities named for Kish include Kish tablet[20], a tablet[21] and Kish civilization[22], an archaeological culture[23].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . wikidata.org.
  6. [3] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [20] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [22] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [21] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone UTC+03:00
    Culture Sumer
    Continent Asia
    Capital of First Dynasty of Kish
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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