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Ruler: Iran
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There is little evidence about the social organization of much of Iran during the third millennium B.C., and so it is difficult to define any figures we could describe as kings. An exception to this limited knowledge is provided by the material remains from southwestern Iran, which was often under Mesopotamian control or influence in this period. The rulers of Akkad conquered the region of Susa that brought about an almost wholesale borrowing of Mesopotamian styles of art and manufacture. After the collapse of the Akkadian empire, Susa was conquered by Puzur-Inshushinak, a king of Awan, the location of which is unknown. Shortly thereafter Susa was conquered and incorporated into the Ur III empire in the reign of Shulgi, the second king of the dynasty, and was once again dominated from Mesopotamia.
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