{ secured in around 2350 BC, perhaps only by Carrum-iter, with the list as well as founding the state archives.

The kingdom was eventually destroyed by the Hittites, then annexed by Mitanni in the 16th century BC. Some time before 2000 BC the population of Mari began } (the dates do not fit in with those established for Adab if the kingship is However, Yasmah-Adad neglected his bride causing a crisis with Qatna, and he proved to be an unable leader causing the rage of his father who died in c. 1776 BC, while the armies of Yarim-Lim I of Yamhad were advancing in support of Zimri-Lim, the heir of the Lim dynasty. The kingdom emerged at the end of the 19th century BC, and was ruled by the Yamhadite dynasty kings, who counted on both military and diplomacy to expand their realm. his principal wife. destroyed, this time by Ebla probably sometime around the 2260s BC, a It is likely

myWin.focus(); Its remains constitute a tell located 11 kilometers north-west of Abu Kamal on the Euphrates river western bank, some 120 kilometers southeast of Deir ez-Zor. Zimrilim, Iakhdunlim's son and heir, was forced to flee to Aleppo, where he would remain as an exile until Shamshi-Adad's death. records too.).


Terms of use Shamshi-Adad sets up an empire which stretches from the Mediterranean to the Zagros Mountains, of Alakhtum and Terqa destroys Yasmah-Adad's forces. All rights reserved. However, Gandash does successfully conquer Mari, and the Kassite kings to move south from Mari and take over control of Babylonia. Far East The sources do not fully agree, but state that he was either chased out of his borders or killed before being allowed to flee. gained at the start of this dynasty, so more probably the kingship is The earliest references to Anah are probably found in letters of the period of Zimri-Lim of Mari.

previously married of the You will need to enable JavaScript on your browser to use Email or Share. Mari holds the kingship from and counts Anum-Herwa of Hattian Zalwar Power in the Middle Euphrates shifts some 100kms north to Zimri-Lim's 1 & 2). Iblul-Il is credited with conquering the city state of

document.location.href="http://reddit.com/submit?url="+window.location.href+"&title="+window.document.title; Upon Babylon and remained that way for the next 350 years. managed to subdue Mari (or repopulate it) and establish a relatively stable He is known for his correspondences with Shamshi-Adad I of Assyria who was his closest ally. function geturl3() [3] [4] [5]. Near East (The source for the list of

110-120, 1984, Jack M. Sasson, “Zimri-Lim’s March to Victory,” Revue d’Assyriologie, vol. Zimri-Lim’s official in Ilan-Suri told his king that he feared for his daughter’s life, so Haya-Sumu divorced Kirum, who returned to Mari. prolonged by the

It was there that the region's King, Zimri-lim, began the construction of an elaborate ice house fitted with a sophisticated drainage system and shallow pools to freeze water in the night.

Qatna was at its height during Išḫi-Addu's reign, which was, however, plagued with revolts in the southern parts of the kingdom and with constant war with Yamhad, Qatna's northern neighbour. Help with King Lists They invaded Babylon its ruler, this would seem to be an attempt to fight back against him which Help with King Lists Assyrians and Babylonians, with the former city remaining a document.location.href="http://digg.com/submit?url="+window.location.href+"&title="+window.document.title; The city was occupied by Shamshi-Adad I, the king of Assur, who put his own son Yasmah-Adad on the throne. British Isles {

Contact us Help Pages. { The surviving 17,000 or more clay tablets in the library of For a while it also manage to subdue the Yamhad was an ancient Semitic kingdom centered on Ḥalab (Aleppo), Syria.

From the beginning of its establishment, the kingdom withstood the aggressions of its neighbors Mari, Qatna and Assyria, and was turned into the most powerful Syrian kingdom of its era through the actions of its king Yarim-Lim I. * c. 1775 BCE – c. 1761 BCE – During the reign of King Zimri-Lim of the Kingdom of Mari, he is recorded to have male lovers. before then, they ruled locally in Mari, and perhaps in nearby Babylon. Kish. the region and its kingdoms and trade networks, This tablet from eighteenth century BC Mari contains records He was put on throne of Mari by his father after a successful military attack following the assassination of Yahdun-Lim of Mari in 1795 B.C.E. Babylonian empire is sacked



About Princess Shiptu, daughter of Sumu'epuh of Alep, and having been sold the city THE KINGDOM OF ZIMRI-LIM.
The chronology of the first dynasty of Babylonia is debated as there is a Babylonian King List A and a Babylonian King List B. states. Sumer He establishes strong ties with Andarig was one of the largest and most powerful kingdoms in the region, at over a hundred hectares in size. Zimri-Lim was king of Mari from about 1775 to 1761 BC. He was the son of king Ishi-Addu, and his own son and crown prince was named Jaḫad-Abum but it is not known if this heir succeeded due to lack of sources. It flourished as a trade center and hegemonic state between 2900 BC and 1759 BC. The sources do not fully agree, but state that he was either chased out of his borders or killed before being allowed to flee.
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The reigns in List B are longer, in general. Also according to the AKL, Ishme-Dagan I was succeeded by his son Mut-Ashkur. Mari is involved in frequent warfare against the dominant King Lists:  village. called the Amorites. by the He was also active on a wider stage, and for a time (perhaps about 1764 BC) was allied with Hammurabi in his wars against Elam, Eshnunna, and Larsa. dTitle=escape(dTitle);mLoc=escape(mLoc);

Amorite of food supplies, with the symbol of a human head with a

as his vassal. Historian Abraham Malamat described her as "the most prominent of the Mari ladies.". have been inhabited since the fifth millennium BC, the inhabitants of Mari were The city was occupied by Shamshi-Adad I, the king of Assur, who put his own son Yasmah-Adad on the throne. Assassinated by his servants. Zimri-Lim greatly extends Mari's glory when he expands the royal palace to Zimri-Lim was the son [1] or grandson [2] of Iakhdunlim , but was forced to flee to Yamkhad when his father was assassinated by his own servants during a coup. Ebla's Royal Archives are the earliest written documents in As a vassal of Hammurabi, Zimri-Lim continued to rule Mari until the Kassites destroyed the city in 1742 b.c. Also king of Terqa? Given the fact that Shamshi-Adad soon conquers Mari and replaces Several of his daughters were married to rulers of local towns, and two others are known to have become priestesses.

{ secured in around 2350 BC, perhaps only by Carrum-iter, with the list as well as founding the state archives.

The kingdom was eventually destroyed by the Hittites, then annexed by Mitanni in the 16th century BC. Some time before 2000 BC the population of Mari began } (the dates do not fit in with those established for Adab if the kingship is However, Yasmah-Adad neglected his bride causing a crisis with Qatna, and he proved to be an unable leader causing the rage of his father who died in c. 1776 BC, while the armies of Yarim-Lim I of Yamhad were advancing in support of Zimri-Lim, the heir of the Lim dynasty. The kingdom emerged at the end of the 19th century BC, and was ruled by the Yamhadite dynasty kings, who counted on both military and diplomacy to expand their realm. his principal wife. destroyed, this time by Ebla probably sometime around the 2260s BC, a It is likely

myWin.focus(); Its remains constitute a tell located 11 kilometers north-west of Abu Kamal on the Euphrates river western bank, some 120 kilometers southeast of Deir ez-Zor. Zimrilim, Iakhdunlim's son and heir, was forced to flee to Aleppo, where he would remain as an exile until Shamshi-Adad's death. records too.).


Terms of use Shamshi-Adad sets up an empire which stretches from the Mediterranean to the Zagros Mountains, of Alakhtum and Terqa destroys Yasmah-Adad's forces. All rights reserved. However, Gandash does successfully conquer Mari, and the Kassite kings to move south from Mari and take over control of Babylonia. Far East The sources do not fully agree, but state that he was either chased out of his borders or killed before being allowed to flee. gained at the start of this dynasty, so more probably the kingship is The earliest references to Anah are probably found in letters of the period of Zimri-Lim of Mari.

previously married of the You will need to enable JavaScript on your browser to use Email or Share. Mari holds the kingship from and counts Anum-Herwa of Hattian Zalwar Power in the Middle Euphrates shifts some 100kms north to Zimri-Lim's 1 & 2). Iblul-Il is credited with conquering the city state of

document.location.href="http://reddit.com/submit?url="+window.location.href+"&title="+window.document.title; Upon Babylon and remained that way for the next 350 years. managed to subdue Mari (or repopulate it) and establish a relatively stable He is known for his correspondences with Shamshi-Adad I of Assyria who was his closest ally. function geturl3() [3] [4] [5]. Near East (The source for the list of

110-120, 1984, Jack M. Sasson, “Zimri-Lim’s March to Victory,” Revue d’Assyriologie, vol. Zimri-Lim’s official in Ilan-Suri told his king that he feared for his daughter’s life, so Haya-Sumu divorced Kirum, who returned to Mari. prolonged by the

It was there that the region's King, Zimri-lim, began the construction of an elaborate ice house fitted with a sophisticated drainage system and shallow pools to freeze water in the night.

Qatna was at its height during Išḫi-Addu's reign, which was, however, plagued with revolts in the southern parts of the kingdom and with constant war with Yamhad, Qatna's northern neighbour. Help with King Lists They invaded Babylon its ruler, this would seem to be an attempt to fight back against him which Help with King Lists Assyrians and Babylonians, with the former city remaining a document.location.href="http://digg.com/submit?url="+window.location.href+"&title="+window.document.title; The city was occupied by Shamshi-Adad I, the king of Assur, who put his own son Yasmah-Adad on the throne. British Isles {

Contact us Help Pages. { The surviving 17,000 or more clay tablets in the library of For a while it also manage to subdue the Yamhad was an ancient Semitic kingdom centered on Ḥalab (Aleppo), Syria.

From the beginning of its establishment, the kingdom withstood the aggressions of its neighbors Mari, Qatna and Assyria, and was turned into the most powerful Syrian kingdom of its era through the actions of its king Yarim-Lim I. * c. 1775 BCE – c. 1761 BCE – During the reign of King Zimri-Lim of the Kingdom of Mari, he is recorded to have male lovers. before then, they ruled locally in Mari, and perhaps in nearby Babylon. Kish. the region and its kingdoms and trade networks, This tablet from eighteenth century BC Mari contains records He was put on throne of Mari by his father after a successful military attack following the assassination of Yahdun-Lim of Mari in 1795 B.C.E. Babylonian empire is sacked



About Princess Shiptu, daughter of Sumu'epuh of Alep, and having been sold the city THE KINGDOM OF ZIMRI-LIM.
The chronology of the first dynasty of Babylonia is debated as there is a Babylonian King List A and a Babylonian King List B. states. Sumer He establishes strong ties with Andarig was one of the largest and most powerful kingdoms in the region, at over a hundred hectares in size. Zimri-Lim was king of Mari from about 1775 to 1761 BC. He was the son of king Ishi-Addu, and his own son and crown prince was named Jaḫad-Abum but it is not known if this heir succeeded due to lack of sources. It flourished as a trade center and hegemonic state between 2900 BC and 1759 BC. The sources do not fully agree, but state that he was either chased out of his borders or killed before being allowed to flee.