The ancient city of Kish, also known as Sumer, is located near Tell al-Uhaymir in Iraq. It was the ancient city of Sumer in Mesopotamia and gained prominence in 3100 BC.

Lagash is north of Kish.

Ur, Erech, and Kish were three of the settlements of Sumer, which was the southernmost area of ancient Mesopotamia. These cities were self-sufficient and some of the earliest known examples of organized civilization.

The city state of north mesopotamia is known as Assyria and the people are called Assyrians

City of Lagash versus city of Umma, Uruk vs Kish and Nippur, Sargon's conquest of Mesopotamia, Guti overthrow of the Akkadian empire, Persian capture of Mesopotamia etc etc