Inanna was worshipped in Sumer at least as early as the Uruk period ( c. 4000 BC -- c. 3100 BC ) .
Inanna had little cult prior to the conquest of Sargon of Akkad .
Inanna was worshipped in Sumer at least as early as the Uruk period ( c. 4000 BC -- c. 3100 BC ) , but she had little cult prior to the conquest of Sargon of Akkad .