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According to the "epic of gilgamesh", which mesopotamian city-state was gilgamesh supposed to rule?

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Uruk

The original city of Uruk was situated southwest of the ancient Euphrates River, now dry. Gilgamesh is the semi-mythic King of Uruk in Mesopotamia best known from The Epic of Gilgamesh. The city was located some 30 km east of modern Samawah, Al-Muthannā, Iraq.
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