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Alliance of Hammurabi and Zimri-Lim
The alliance of Hammurabi and Zimri-Lim was the partnership between Babylon and Mari against Ešnunna and Elam, ending when Hammurabi destroyed Mari in the early 1760s BC.
Alliance of Zimri-Lim with Yamhad
The alliance of Zimri-Lim with Yamhad, sealed around 1775 BC, bound Zimri-Lim of Mari to Yarim-Lim of Aleppo through a dynastic marriage, shared worship of the god Haddu, and military support.
Amorite migrations into Mesopotamia
The Amorite migrations into Mesopotamia were the movements of West Semitic-speaking groups, called Amurru in cuneiform texts, into Mesopotamia around the 21st and 20th centuries BC.
Campaigns of Shamshi-Adad I against the Turukku
The campaigns of Shamshi-Adad I against the Turukku were wars between Shamshi-Adad I and the Turukkean kingdoms of the Zagros foothills, ending in a marriage-alliance peace.
Capture of Larsa by Hammurabi
The capture of Larsa, also called the fall of Larsa, was Hammurabi of Babylon's 1763 BC defeat of King Rim-Sin I, after which he annexed the Larsa kingdom and united southern Mesopotamia under Babylonian rule.
Conquest of Eshnunna by Hammurabi
The conquest of Eshnunna by Hammurabi was the defeat of the Diyala-region kingdom by Babylon's Hammurabi in about 1762 BC, ending with the city destroyed by a flood.
Conquest of Mari by Shamshi-Adad I
Shamshi-Adad I of Assyria conquered the Amorite kingdom of Mari on the middle Euphrates around 1794 BC, after its Lim dynasty collapsed, and installed his son Yasmah-Adad as a dependent ruler.
Conquests of Ipiq-Adad II
The conquests of Ipiq-Adad II were the campaigns by which Eshnunna expanded into a major power of the land of Akkad in the early Old Babylonian period.
Damming of the Tigris by Abi-eshuh
The damming of the Tigris by Abi-ešuh was a hydraulic military operation in which the Babylonian king tried to defeat Ilī-ma-ilu of the Sealand by drying up the southern marshes.
Destruction of Kanesh level II
The destruction of Kanesh level II, also called the destruction of Level II at Kültepe, was a fire around 1835 BC that ended the Old Assyrian trade colony at Kaneš.
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 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.
Hammurabi's defeat of Elam
Hammurabi's defeat of Elam was a war fought around 1764 BC in which Babylon, allied with Mari and other states, ended Elamite suzerainty over Mesopotamia, marking the first step in Hammurabi's rise to dominance.
Ishbi-Erra's secession of Isin
Ishbi-Erra's secession of Isin was the breakaway around 2017 BC of Ishbi-Erra, a commandant of the last Ur III king Ibbi-Suen, who founded an independent dynasty at Isin.
Kassite takeover of Babylonia
The Kassite takeover of Babylonia, or fall of the First Babylonian Dynasty, was the Kassite seizure of Babylon after the Hittite sack of about 1595 BC.
Loss of Ur by Isin
The Loss of Ur by Isin was the capture of Ur by Gungunum of Larsa in 1926 BCE, ending roughly a century of Isin's control and shifting power toward Larsa.
Rebellion of Samsu-iluna against Iluma-ilum
The rebellion of Samsu-iluna against Iluma-ilum was the revolt of southern Babylonia around 1742–1731 BCE, in which Iluma-ilum founded the Sealand dynasty that ruled the far south until about 1475 BCE.
Return of Zimri-Lim to Mari
The return of Zimri-Lim to Mari was the exiled prince's recovery of Mari around 1776 BC, ending Assyrian rule and restoring the Lim dynasty to power.
Revolt of Rim-Anum
The Revolt of Rim-Anum was the secession of Uruk from Babylon under Samsu-iluna around 1741 BC, part of a wider southern revolt, making Rim-Anum king of Uruk for three years.
Rim-Sin I's conquest of Isin
Rim-Sin I's conquest of Isin was the capture of Isin by Larsa around 1793 BC, ending the dynasty of Isin and making Rim-Sin ruler of all southern Babylonia.
Rim-Sin II revolt
The Rim-Sin II revolt, also called the Revolt of Rim-Sin II, was an anti-Babylonian uprising in Larsa, southern Mesopotamia, beginning in Samsu-iluna's year 8 and suppressed within about two years.
Rise of Isin
The rise of Isin was the breakaway of Ishbi-Erra, a former official of Ibbi-Sin of Ur, from the Ur III empire around 2017 BC, founding the First Dynasty of Isin.
Rise of Shamshi-Adad I's kingdom
The rise of Shamshi-Adad I's kingdom, about 1808 to 1776 BC, saw the Amorite ruler Shamshi-Adad I build the Kingdom of Upper Mesopotamia from Ekallatum to all Upper Mesopotamia.
Rise of the Sealand dynasty
The rise of the Sealand dynasty (Sealand I) was the emergence of an independent southern Mesopotamian kingdom through rebellion against Babylon in the 18th century BCE.
Sack of Babylon by the Hittites
The sack of Babylon by the Hittites, or Hittite raid on Babylon, was a raid by Hittite king Mursili I that captured Babylon in 1595 BC, ending Hammurabi's dynasty.
Sack of Mari by Hammurabi
The sack of Mari by Hammurabi, also called the destruction of Mari, was Babylon's capture of the Amorite city of Mari in 1761 BC and its demolition soon after.
War between Eshnunna and Elam
The wars between Eshnunna and Elam were 18th-century BC conflicts fought over trade routes, culminating in a coalition under sukkalmah Siwe-palar-huppak that destroyed Eshnunna's dynasty.
War between Larsa and Isin
The war between Larsa and Isin was a roughly two-century rivalry between southern Mesopotamian kingdoms, ending when Rim-Sin of Larsa conquered Isin around 1792 BC.
Wars of Samsu-iluna against the Amorites
The wars of Samsu-iluna against the Amorites were the campaigns and rebellions of Samsu-iluna, king of Babylon (c. 1749–1712 BC), whose southern revolts, led by Rim-Sin II, cost Babylon Nippur and most of the south.