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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 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.
Elephantine petition to Bagoas
The Elephantine petition to Bagoas is an Aramaic letter of 407 BCE asking the Persian governor of Judah to authorize rebuilding the Jewish temple at Elephantine, Egypt.
Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt
The Eleventh Dynasty of Egypt, also called Dynasty XI, was a Theban royal line, 2130–1990 BC, that reunified Egypt under Mentuhotep II and opened the Middle Kingdom.
Eliakim (son of Hilkiah)
Eliakim son of Hilkiah was the royal steward, the official over the household, of Judah under King Hezekiah, succeeding Shebna and leading talks with Assyrian envoys in 701 BC.
Eliashib (Arad scribe)
Eliashib, also spelled Elyashiv, was a Judahite army official, probably quartermaster of the fortress of Arad around 600 BCE, known from the Arad ostraca addressed to him.
Eliashib (High Priest of Yehud)
Eliashib was high priest of the Jerusalem temple in the Persian province of Yehud in the mid fifth century BC, named in the book of Nehemiah as builder of the Sheep Gate.
Elibaal (king of Byblos)
Elibaal, also written Eliba'al, was a king of Byblos in the 10th century BC, son of King Yehimilk, known from a Phoenician inscription on a bust of Osorkon I.
Elibaal inscription
The Elibaal inscription is a Phoenician royal inscription of King Elibaʿal of Byblos, carved on an Egyptian bust of pharaoh Osorkon I and dedicated to the Mistress of Byblos.
Ella Gabaz
Ella Gabaz, also vocalized 'Ellä-Gäbäz, was a king of the Aksumite Empire in what is now Ethiopia, dated to the late 6th and early 7th century AD.
Ellipi
Ellipi was an independent kingdom in the central Zagros mountains of western Iran, attested in Neo-Assyrian records from 866 BC until its mid-7th-century BC annexation by the Medes.
Elnathan son of Achbor
Elnathan son of Achbor (Hebrew אֶלְנָתָן, "God has given") was a Judean court official under King Jehoiakim, sent to Egypt to fetch the prophet Uriah.
Eluhut
Eluhut, also written Eluhat or Elahut, was a Hurrian land or small kingdom of the second millennium BC in the upper Tigris region of what is now south-eastern Turkey.
Elulmesh
Elulmesh (Elulumeš) is a Gutian king listed in the Sumerian King List as ruling Babylonia after the Akkadian dynasty, known only from later king lists.
Elulu (king of Akkad)
Elulu was a king of Akkad around 2190 BC, listed in the Sumerian King List as one of four rival kings who together reigned only three years after Shar-kalli-sharri died.
Elulu (king of Ur)
Elulu of Ur was, according to the Sumerian King List, the third king of the First Dynasty of Ur, assigned a 25-year reign between Meskiagnunna and Balulu.
Elymians
The Elymians (Greek Elymoi) were an ancient people of extreme western Sicily in the first millennium BC, centered on Segesta and Eryx, who allied with Carthage before joining Rome.
Emah
Emah (E-maḫ, "Exalted House") was the temple of the mother goddess Ninmah (Bēlet-ilī) at Babylon, beside the Ishtar Gate; excavated by Koldewey in 1900 and rebuilt under Nebuchadnezzar II and Ashurbanipal.
Emar destruction
The Emar destruction ended the Late Bronze Age city of Emar, also known as Imar, on the Euphrates in Syria around 1187 BC, when it was burned and abandoned.
Emar tablets
The Emar tablets, also known as the Emar archive, are a Late Bronze Age cuneiform archive of about 1,100 texts from Emar on the Euphrates, Syria.
Embassy of Julian
The Embassy of Julian was a diplomatic mission sent by Byzantine emperor Justinian I under ambassador Julian to Aksum and Himyar, seeking an alliance against Persia.
Embassy of Nonnosus
The Embassy of Nonnosus was a Byzantine diplomatic mission sent by Emperor Justinian I around 530/31 to the Aksumite court in Ethiopia and Himyar in South Arabia, seeking an alliance against Persia.
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.