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The '''third dynasty of [[Ur]]''' was also known as the '''[[Sumerian]] Renaissance''', coming after several centuries of [[Akkadian Empire|Akkadian]] and [[Gutian]] kings. It controlled the cities of [[Isin]], [[Larsa]] and [[Eshnunna]].
Though documents again began to be written in Sumerian, the dynasty may actually have been Semitic; Sumerian was already becoming a dead language, much as Latin later would be in Medieval Europe. The power of these kings extended to the Mediterranean, and there have been found a large number of inscriptions of their reigns in the form of contracts and similar business documents, as well as chronological tables.
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