Kish

Summary

Kish is an ancient city^[1]. Kish ranks in the top 4% of ancient_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (431 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kish is located in Babylon Governorate^[3].
• Kish is in the country of Iraq^[4].
• Kish's image is recorded as Babilonia durante la dinastía Casitas Siglo XIII adC ES.svg^[5].
• Kish's continent is recorded as Asia^[6].
• Kish's instance of is recorded as ancient city^[7].
• Kish's instance of is recorded as city-state^[8].
• Kish's instance of is recorded as human settlement^[9].
• Kish's location is recorded as Mesopotamia^[10].
• Kish's Commons category is recorded as Kish (Mesopotamia)^[11].
• Kish's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[12].
• -3100-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kish^[13].
• Kish's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 32.540277777777774, 'lon': 44.60472222222222}^[14].
• Kish's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0126yk^[15].
• Kish's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge767235^[16].
• Kish's capital of is recorded as First Dynasty of Kish^[17].
• Kish's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as place/Kish^[18].
• Kish's GeoNames ID is recorded as 94277^[19].
• Kish's Pleiades ID is recorded as 894028^[20].
• Kish's different from is recorded as Kish^[21].
• Kish's different from is recorded as archaeological site of Kish^[22].
• Kish's different from is recorded as Kesh^[23].
• Kish's different from is recorded as Kingdom of Kush^[24].
• Kish's Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire ID is recorded as 22330^[25].
• Kish's GNS Unique Feature ID is recorded as -3107641^[26].
• Kish's culture is recorded as Sumer^[27].

Body

Founding

-3100-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Kish^[13].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Kish include Kish tablet^[28], a tablet^[29] and Kish civilization^[30], an archaeological culture^[31].

Why It Matters

Kish ranks in the top 4% of ancient_city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (431 views/month).^[2] Kish has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[32] Kish is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[33]

Entities named for Kish include Kish tablet^[28], a tablet^[29] and Kish civilization^[30], an archaeological culture^[31].