Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.Zabala (also Zabalam, modern Tell Ibzeikh, Dhi Qar Governorate, Iraq) was a city of ancient Sumer in what is now the Dhi Qar governorate in Iraq. Zabala was at the crossing of the ancient Iturungal and Ninagina canals. The cities deity was Inanna of Zabala.The first mentions of Zabala are in seals from the Jemdet Nasr Period including a list of early cites - Ur, Nippur, Larsa, Uruk, Kes, and Zabalam.The earliest historical record, a bowl inscription, indicates that Zabala was under the control of Lugalzagesi of Lagash. In the Sargonic Period, Shar-kali-sharri and Naram-Sin both reported building a temple to the goddess Inanna in Zabala and Rimush of Akkad reports Zabala as attempting to rebel against the control of the Akkadian Empire.