Visual Timeline: Nanshe

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3000 BCE - 2000 BCE: Nanshe first mentioned, grows in popularity as goddess of social justice and fair commerce.
 
 
2144 BCE - 2124 BCE: Reign of Gudea, governor of Lagash, who wrote recorded his dream vision The Building of Ningirsu's Temple, featuring Nanshe.
 
2125 BCE: Nanshe features prominently in the text The Building of Ningirsu's Temple.
 
 
2047 BCE - 1700 BCE: Ur III Period in which Gudea is worshipped as a god for his piety and Nanshe remains a popular goddess.
 
100 CE - 200 CE: Nanshe's symbol of the fish used by new faith of Christianity.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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