The first Sumerian queen known to history
Kubaba, in Sumerian, Kugh Bao, is the queen of the city of Kish. She is mentioned in the Sumerian kings list and says that she ruled for 100 years. She is one of the few women who appeared as a queen in the history of Iraq. Some sources say that she is the first queen of the third dynasty of Kish, while other sources say that she is the fourth queen of this dynasty. The dynasty was famous for its defeat of the king of the city of Mary Charumter, and thus she was the first woman to lead a war in history and was able to win it. She was also able to defeat the king of Akshak and annex it to his kingdom, before she was able to succeed her monarch. This queen is credited with building the Isakila Temple. Her son succeeded her in power. Bozor Suen and then her grandson Or Zababa. This queen married the Kutian king Hablom, so it is believed that Kubaba is of Kutian origins. Her dynasty was known as the Kutian dynasty in Sumer.
Kubaba is the first Sumerian queen known to history, and she was the queen of the city of Kish in the 26-25th century BC. Kubaba was mentioned in the list of Sumerian kings, and she is one of the few women who appeared as a queen in the history of Iraq.
Her grandson is King Ur-Zababa, for whom Sargon of Akkad worked as a cupbearer. Then Sargon of Akkad deposed Ur-Zababa from his throne and declared himself king, after which he founded the Akkadian Empire.
Source: “Kybele as Kubaba in a Lydo-Phrygian Context”: Babylon the gate of gods, Emory University cross-cultural conference / Munn, Mark (2004).