In Esther 2: 5 – 6, either Mordecai or his great-grandfather Kish is identified as having been exiled from Jerusalem to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar in 597 BCE: " Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, who had been carried into exile from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, among those taken captive with Jeconiah king of Judah.

* c. 2450 BCE: Kish is lost to Khamazi tribesmen of the Kurdistan mountains ; Elamites from Awan occupy parts of Sumer.

A battle between Kish and Susa is recorded in 2700 BCE.

* c. 2550 BC: About this time, Mesannepada is king of Ur ( followed by his son, A-annepadda ) who founds the First dynasty of Ur and overthrows the last king of Uruk, as well as Mesalim of Kish.

Only one ruler listed is known to be female: Kug-Bau " the ( female ) tavern-keeper ", who alone accounts for the Third Dynasty of Kish.

The earliest listed ruler whose historicity has been archaeologically verified is En-me-barage-si of Kish, ca.

The Kish Tablet or Scheil dynastic tablet is an early 2nd millennium BC tablet which came into possession of Jean-Vincent Scheil ; it only contains king list entries for four Sumerian cities.

The oldest document of the proto-literate period is the Kish tablet.

In the passage, either Mordecai or his great-grandfather Kish is identified as having been exiled from Jerusalem to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar ( in 597 BC ).

Mordecai's genealogy in the second chapter of the Book of Esther is given as a descendant of Kish of the Tribe of Benjamin.

The Targum Sheni gives his genealogy in more detail, as follows: " Mordecai, son of Ya ' ir, son of Shim ' i, son of Shmida, son of Baana, son of Eila, son of Micah, son of Mephibosheth, son of Jonathan, son of Saul, son of Kish, son of Aviel, son of Tzror, son of Bechorath, son of Aphiah, son of Sh ' charim, son of Uziah, son of Sheshak, son of Michael, son of Elyael, son of Amihud, son of Shephatya, son of Psuel, son of Pison, son of Malikh, son of Jerubaal, son of Yerucham, son of Chananya, son of Zavdi, son of Elpo ' al, son of Shimri, son of Zecharya, son of Merimoth, son of Hushim, son of Sh ' chora, son of ' Azza, son of Gera, son of Benjamin, son of Jacob the firstborn, whose name is called Israel.

The Empire of Kush to the south of Egypt is known from at least 1970 BC, but this name has also been associated by some with the Kassites who inhabited the Zagros area of Mesopotamia, the Sumerian city of Kish.

After a flood occurred in Sumer, kingship is said to have resumed at Kish.

The earliest monarch on the list whose historical existence has been independently attested through archaeological inscription is En-me-barage-si of Kish ( ca.

King Mesilim of Kish is known from inscriptions from Lagash and Adab stating that he built temples in those cities, where he seems to have held some influence.

The significance of Ziusudra's name appearing on the WB-62 king list is that it links the flood mentioned in the three surviving Babylonian deluge epics of Ziusudra ( Eridu Genesis ), Utnapishtim ( Epic of Gilgamesh ), and Atrahasis ( Epic of Atrahasis ) to river flood sediments in Shuruppak, Uruk, Kish et al.

Kish ( Sumerian: Kiš ; transliteration: Kiŝ < sup > ki </ sup >; cuneiform: ; Akkadian: kiššatu ) is modern Tell al-Uhaymir ( Babil Governorate, Iraq ), and was an ancient city of Sumer.

Kish is located some 12 km east of Babylon, and 80 km south of Baghdad ( Iraq ).

The 12th king of Kish appearing on the list, Etana, is noted as " the shepherd, who ascended to heaven and consolidated all the foreign countries ".

Although his reign has yet to be archaeologically attested, his name is found in later legendary tablets, and Etana is sometimes regarded as the first king and founder of Kish himself.

The 21st king of Kish on the list, Enmebaragesi, said to have captured the weapons of Elam, is the first name confirmed by archaeological finds from his reign.

He is also known through other literary references, where he and his son Aga of Kish are portrayed as contemporary rivals of Dumuzid, the Fisherman and Gilgamesh, early rulers of Uruk.

The Third Dynasty of Kish is unique in that it begins with a woman, previously a tavern keeper, Kubau, as " king ".

Her temple, the Esagila ( from Sumerian E ( temple ) + SAG ( head ) + ILA ( lofty )) was located on the KUR of Eridu, although she also had a temple at Kish.

The university is located in the Tarasht neighborhood of Tehran within walking distance of Azadi Square, and has an international campus in Kish, a resort island in the Persian Gulf.

It is the capital of Babylon Province and is located adjacent to the ancient city of Babylon, and close to the ancient cities of Borsippa and Kish.

The city in the Mesopotamian area which best fits the description is called Kish ( derivative of Kush or Cush ) located in a plain area ( Sumerian ' edin ') and resembles an area that is repeatedly flooded by the rivers Euphrates and Tigris.

Kish, like the other Persian Gulf Islands, especially the islands in the Strait of Hormuz, is located on a narrow strip of tropical vegetation in the Northern Hemisphere, with the Persian plateau to the north and the Arabian Peninsula to the south.

Kish schools have been located so as to make them easily accessible, especially for the local population.

The Dolphin Park is a park located at the south east corner of Kish Island.

It is located in Hormozgan Province, to the west of Kish Island and due south of Bastak.

Originally located on the left bank of the river Kish, the town sat lower down the hill, however Shaki was moved to its present location after a devastating flood in 1772 and became the capital of Shaki Khanate.

Other significant islands in the Persian Gulf include Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb and Kish administered by Iran, Bubiyan administered by Kuwait, Tarout administered by Saudi Arabia, and Dalma administered by UAE.

In this version of the story, Ziusudra's boat floats down the Euphrates river into the Persian Gulf ( rather than up onto a mountain, or up-stream to Kish ).

Sharif University also has an international campus in Kish Island in Persian Gulf.

* Kish Island, an Iranian island and a city in the Persian Gulf

* Kish Gas Field, a giant gas field close to Kish Island in the Persian Gulf

Kish () is a resort island in the Persian Gulf.

Kish island's strategic position served as a way station and link for the ancient Assyrian and Elamite civilizations when their primitive sailboats navigated from Susa through the Karoun river into the Persian Gulf and along the southern coastline passing Kish, Qeshm and Hormoz islands.

Kish was, in particular, economically and politically linked with the civilization of the Medes and Persian and Aryan people when they were at the height of their power.

Kish Island, Persian Gulf.

With the exception of some southeastern coastal areas and a few other islands in the Persian Gulf, Kish Island has the longest sunny hours in the region which is roughly 3100 hours a year.

* Information and Pictures of Kish ( in Persian )

* Hamid-Reza Hosseini, Findings of Kish in Persian

Shirdel is the founder and director of the Kish International Documentary Film Festival which is held yearly in the January in Kish Island in the Persian Gulf.