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Elam

Elam: ancient state of southwestern Iran, centered on Susa and Anshan, from ca. 2700 B.C. to Persian conquest in 539 B.C.; Elamite language isolate, Proto-Elamite script, sukkalmah dynasty, fall of Ur in 2004 B.C.E.

Elam Sulci

Elam Sulci is a 1,500 km-wide grooved terrain system (sulcus) in the northern hemisphere of Jupiter's moon Ganymede, IAU-approved in 1985 and named after the ancient Babylonian seat of sun worship in present-day Iran.

Elamipretide

Elamipretide (SS-31, MTP-131, Bendavia, Forzinity) is a cardiolipin-binding mitochondria-targeting tetrapeptide, D-Arg-Dmt-Lys-Phe-NH2; FDA accelerated approval 2025 for Barth syndrome, negative MMPOWER-3 trial in mitochondrial myopathy.

Elamite campaigns of Kutir-Nahhunte

The Elamite campaigns of Kutir-Nahhunte were the mid-12th-century BC military campaigns by which the Elamite king Kutir-Nahhunte destroyed Kassite Babylonia and carried the statue of Marduk to Susa.

Elamite dynasty of Babylon

The Elamite dynasty of Babylon, also called the Seventh Dynasty of Babylon, was a Babylonian dynasty consisting of the single Elamite-descent king Mar-biti-apla-uṣur, who ruled in the 980s BC.

Elamite intervention in Babylonia

The Elamite intervention in Babylonia was a series of Elamite military and political involvements in southern Mesopotamia during the 650s BC, ending with Assurbanipal's sack of Susa in 646 BC.

Elamite invasion of Babylonia under Humban-nikash

The Elamite invasion of Babylonia under Humban-nikaš was an Elamite intervention in 720 BC supporting Merodach-baladan against Assyria; Elamite forces pushed back Sargon II's army at Der, though Assyria held the city.

Elamite invasion of Mesopotamia

The Elamite invasion of Mesopotamia was Elam's campaign under Siwe-palar-huppak against a coalition of Babylon, Mari, and Aleppo around 1765–1764 BC, ending Elamite suzerainty and opening Hammurabi's conquests that unified Mesopotamia under Babylon.

Elamite language

Elamite, also called Susian, is an extinct language isolate spoken in ancient southwestern Iran, written in cuneiform from about 2300 B.C. and used officially by the Achaemenids.

Elamite raid on Babylonia under Shutruk-Nahhunte II

The Elamite raid on Babylonia was a campaign of about 1158 BC in which Shutruk-Nahhunte I killed the Kassite king Zababa-shuma-iddina and carried monuments from Sippar and Babylon to Susa.

Elamite raids of Kidin-Hutran III

The Elamite raids of Kidin-Hutran III were two expeditions by the Elamite king Kidin-Hutran against Kassite Babylonia, defeating Enlil-nadin-šumi in 1224 BC and Adad-šuma-iddina in 1222–17 BC.

Elamite sack of Babylon

The Elamite sack of Babylon, also known as Shutruk-Nahhunte's sack of Babylon, was Elam's capture of Babylon in the 1150s BCE, ending the Kassite dynasty.

Elamite sack of Eshnunna

The Elamite sack of Eshnunna was the capture and plunder of Eshnunna, east of the Diyala River, by an Elamite-led coalition in late 1766 or early 1765 BC.

Elamma

Elamma was an Old Assyrian merchant, younger son of Iddin-Suen, who traded at Kanesh in the 19th century BC; his archive of 372 tablets was published in 2017.

Elan (director)

Elan (எலன்; full name Elavarasan) is an Indian Tamil film director, screenwriter, and lyricist who debuted with Pyaar Prema Kaadhal (2018), later directed Star (2024), and made his acting debut in Pyaar Prema Kalyanam (2026) on Netflix. Distinct from actor Elan Even and other namesakes.

Elan aqueduct

The Elan aqueduct is a gravity-fed water-supply aqueduct carrying drinking water 73 miles from the Elan Valley Reservoirs in mid Wales to Frankley Reservoir in Birmingham, opened in 1906.

Sep 21, 2026

Elan D. Louis

Elan D. Louis, also known as Elan Louis, is an American neurologist who is Professor and Chair of Neurology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, known for research on essential tremor.

Élan School

Élan School: for-profit therapeutic boarding school and behavior-modification program in Poland, Maine (1970–2011), founded by Gerald Davidson and Joseph Ricci, known for peer-confrontation discipline, the Ring fistfights, and 2011 closure amid abuse allegations.

Elana Meyer

Elana Meyer (born 1966, née van Zyl), South African distance runner; 1992 Olympic 10,000m silver, 1994 world half marathon champion, half marathon world record 1:06:44 (1999); retired 2005, founded Endurocad.

Elana Meyers Taylor

Elana Meyers Taylor, American bobsled pilot, six-time Olympic medalist and 2026 Milan Cortina monobob gold medalist at 41; most decorated woman in Olympic bobsled and most decorated Black Winter Olympian.

Eland armoured car

The Eland is a South African four-wheeled light armored car built under license from the French Panhard AML and used by the South African Defence Force from the mid-1960s.

Elanir kuzambu (elanirkuzambu)

Elanir Kuzambu (nālikerāñjana, Elaneer Kuzhambu), Ayurvedic anjana AFI 13:1 from Sahasrayoga verse 52; tender coconut water decoction with triphala, barberry, licorice, camphor, honey; applied to inner eyelids for corneal ulcer, pterygium, early cataract.

Elano

Elano (Elano Ralph Blumer, born 1981, Iracemápolis) is a Brazilian former midfielder, two-time Brasileirão and 2011 Libertadores winner with Santos, ex-Shakhtar, Manchester City, Galatasaray, 2010 World Cup player, now Santos youth manager.

Sep 27, 2026

Elanor Boekholt-O'Sullivan

Elanor Boekholt-O'Sullivan is a Dutch politician of Democrats 66 and, since February 2026, Minister of Housing and Spatial Planning in the cabinet of Prime Minister Rob Jetten.

Elantris

Elantris is Brandon Sanderson's 2005 debut fantasy novel from Tor Books, set on the Cosmere planet Sel, about Prince Raoden, Princess Sarene, and priest Hrathen amid the fallen city of Elantris and its broken AonDor magic.

Elanus

Elanus, the black-shouldered kites, a genus of four Accipitridae raptor species (caeruleus, leucurus, axillaris, scriptus) that hover-hunt rodents in open tropical and subtropical habitats worldwide; the letter-winged kite is the only nocturnal hawk.

Elanus caeruleus

Elanus caeruleus, the black-winged kite (elanio común), a small gray-and-white Accipitridae raptor of Africa, southern Europe, and Asia, hunting rodents by hovering; Least Concern globally, Near Threatened regionally in South Africa.

Elapegademase

Elapegademase (Revcovi, EZN-2279) is a PEGylated recombinant bovine adenosine deaminase given intramuscularly as enzyme replacement therapy for ADA-SCID; FDA-approved October 2018, replacing pegademase (Adagen).

Elaphoglossum

Elaphoglossum (tongue ferns), a Dryopteridaceae fern genus of 600 to 1,100 species with simple fronds and acrostichoid sori, mostly American tropical epiphytes, five molecular clades, Miocene amber fossil.