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3500 BCE: Nanna first mentioned by name in Sumerian writings.
2285 BCE - 2250 BCE: Life of Enheduanna who elevates Nanna through her poems and hymns.
2261 BCE - 2224 BCE: Life of Naram-Sin of Akkad who honors Nanna by taking his name.
2047 BCE - 1750 BCE: Nanna is especially popular during the Ur III Period, seen as judge of the dead.
912 BCE - 612 BCE: Nanna worshipped throughout the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
556 BCE - 539 BCE: Mother of King Nabonidus of Babylon holds the position of High Priestess of Nanna at Harran while his daughter does the same at Ur, thus consolidating the king's power.
250 CE: Nanna continues to be worshiped in Syria.