Unlike her contemporaries, Kubaba was born from humble origins, she was “the people’s queen”, a well-respected, beloved queen that had a successfully long reign characterised by a period of peace and prosperity. She ruled the city of Kish (Babil, Iraq) as a queen regnant, meaning she held power in her own right, not through a male relative. Kubaba is listed as Lugal (king) in the Sumerian King List, rather than Eresh (queen consort), making her the only woman to bear this title.