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Abi-Eshuh
Abi-Eshuh, also written Abi-ešuh or Abieshu, was a king of Babylon's First Dynasty, reigning 1711–1684 BCE, remembered for damming the Tigris in his war against the Sealand dynasty.
Abisare
Abisare (Abīsarē) was the sixth king of the Larsa dynasty in southern Mesopotamia, reigning from 1905 to 1895 BC; in his ninth year he defeated the army of Isin.
Adamu
Adamu is an early ruler of Assur known only from the Assyrian King List, where he stands second among the seventeen "kings who lived in tents," after Tudiya.
Adasi
Adasi was an early second-millennium BC king of Assyria, the last of six rival claimants around 1720 BC, whose son Bēlu-bāni founded the Adaside dynasty.
Ammi-ditana
Ammi-ditana was the ninth king of Babylon's First Dynasty, reigning from 1683 to 1647 BC. His largely peaceful reign saw temple building and one campaign against Der.
Ammi-saduqa
Ammi-saduqa, also known as Ammizaduqa, was the penultimate king of Babylon's First Dynasty, reigning c. 1646–1626 BC and issuing a debt-cancellation edict whose nearly complete text survives.
Anam (ruler of Uruk)
Anam, also written An-am, was a ruler of the Mesopotamian city of Uruk during the Old Babylonian period, known from a dedicatory inscription, two dated tablets, and a royal hymn.
Apiashal
Apiashal is an early Assyrian ruler known only from later copies of the Assyrian King List, where he is the last of seventeen "kings who lived in tents".
Apil-kin
Apil-kīn was a shakkanakku, or governor and ruler, of Mari on the Euphrates around 2126–2091 BC; his daughter Tarām-Uram married the Ur king Shulgi.
Apil-Sin
Apil-Sîn was the fourth Amorite king of the First Dynasty of Babylon, reigning from 1830 to 1813 BC, the father of Sin-muballit and grandfather of Hammurabi.
Ashduni-yarim
Ashduni-yarim (Ašdūni-arim) was an early Old Babylonian ruler of the Mesopotamian city of Kish, known from royal inscriptions describing an eight-year war and building works.
Asinum
Asinum was a king of Assyria in the early second millennium BC, and was named in Puzur-Sin's inscriptions as a royal claimant contesting the throne.
Atamrum
Atamrum was an 18th-century BC king of Andarig in Upper Mesopotamia, who rose from deputy of Eshnunna and king of Allahad, and is known almost entirely from the royal correspondence of Mari.
Bazaya
Bazaya (Akkadian Bāzāia) was an early Old Assyrian ruler of the city of Aššur, listed fifty-second in the Assyrian King List as son of Iptar-Sin, with a recorded 28-year reign.
Belu-bani
Belu-bani, also known as Bel-bani or Bēlu-bāni, was a king of Assyria, recorded as the forty-eighth ruler in the Assyrian King List, son of Adasi, with a reign of ten years.
Bilalama
Bilalama was a ruler of the Mesopotamian city-state of Eshnunna in the Diyala region around 2000 BC, known from his seal inscription and the rebuilt Palace of the Rulers at Tell Asmar.
Bur-Suen of Isin
Bur-Suen of Isin, also written Bur-Sin or Būr-Sîn, was a king of the First Dynasty of Isin in southern Mesopotamia who reigned about 1895–1874 BC, during the Isin-Larsa period.
Dadusha
Dadusha (Dāduša) was a king of Eshnunna in the early Old Babylonian period, son of Ipiq-Adad, known for his victory stele and the Laws of Eshnunna.
Damiq-ilishu
Damiq-ilishu, also written Damiq-ilišu, was the last king of the First Dynasty of Isin, a Mesopotamian city-state, reigning about 1814–1792 BC until Rim-Sin of Larsa conquered Isin and ended the dynasty.
Emisum
Emisum, also written Emišum, was the second ruler of Larsa in southern Mesopotamia, credited with a 28-year reign around 2004–1977 BC, though scholars doubt he ruled independently.
Enlil-bani
Enlil-bani was the tenth king of the First Dynasty of Isin in Mesopotamia, credited with a 24-year reign dated 1860–1837 BC amid conflict with rival Larsa.
Erishum I
Erishum I (Erišum I) was the 33rd king of Assyria, reigning around 1975–1935 BC, the earliest Assyrian king fixed by dated eponym lists, who greatly expanded trade colonies in Anatolia.
Erishum II
Erishum II, also known as Erišum II, was a king of Assyria in the early second millennium BCE, the last ruler of his dynasty before Šamši-Adad I took the throne.
Erra-imitti
Erra-imitti was a king of Isin in Mesopotamia, reigning c. 1868–1861 BC, best known for the story that a gardener replaced him on his throne.
Gulkishar
Gulkišar was the sixth king of the First Sealand dynasty of southernmost Mesopotamia, placed in the 17th century BC and known from later king lists and a royal epic.
Gungunum
Gungunum of Larsa was a king of Larsa in southern Mesopotamia, the fifth ruler of the Larsa dynasty, who reigned 27 years, 1932 to 1906 BC.
Hammurapih of Hana
Hammurapih of Hana, also known as Hammurapi of Hana, was a king of the land of Hana on the middle Euphrates in the sixteenth century BC.
Hitlal-Erra
Hitlal-Erra was a shakkanakku, a governor-ruler of the city of Mari on the middle Euphrates, in office in the late 21st or early 20th century BC.
Ibal-pi-El I
Ibal-pi-El I (Ibāl-pī-El I) was a ruler of the Mesopotamian city-state of Eshnunna, modern Tell Asmar, in the first half of the 19th century BC.
Ibal-pi-El II
Ibal-pi-El II, also written Ibalpiel II, was king of Eshnunna in the Diyala region around 1784 to 1770 BC, a contemporary of Hammurabi known from year-name tablets.