Eshnunna
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Was a Mesopotamian city-state in actual Iraq.
Establishment
January 2899 BC: Eshnunna was occupied around 3000 BC. It was a major city during the Early Dynastic period of Mesopotamia.
Chronology
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Was the military compaign against Ur of Lugal-Anne-Mundu, king of the city-state of Adab in Sumer.
January 2499 BC: Lugal-Anne-Mundu (king of the city-state of Adab in Sumer) subjugated the "Four Quarters of the world" (the entire Fertile Crescent region, from the Mediterranean to the Zagros Mountains). His empire is said to have included the provinces of Elam, Marhashi, Gutium, Subartu, the "Cedar Mountain land" (Lebanon), Amurru or Martu, "Sutium" and the "Mountain of E-anna".
January 2459 BC: Following the death of Adab King Lugal-Anne-Mundu, his Empire collapsed and most of the subjected cities regained their independence.
Were the military compaigns of Lugal-zage-si, king of the city-state of Lagash in Umma.
January 2349 BC: Lugal-Zage-Si of Umma briefly conquered all of Sumer and united it into a single kingdom.
Military campaign of King Dadusha of Eshnunna.
January 1780 BC: King Dadusha of Eshnunna made an alliance with Shamshi-Adad I to conquer the area between the two Zab rivers c. 1781 BC. This military campaign of joint forces was commemorated on a victory stele.
Military campaigns of Assyrian king Shamshi-Adad I.
January 1779 BC: In 1780 BC the Kingdom of Assyria, led by Shamshi-Adad I, turned on Eshnunna and conquered the cities of Nerebtum and Shaduppum.
King Siwe-Palar-Khuppak of Elam conquered Eshnunna.
January 1764 BC: Iwe-palar-huppak of Elam captured Eshnunna.
January 2003 BC: After the Elamite Sack of Ur (2004 BC) Eshnunna became independent from the Neo-Sumerian Empire. The secession was led by a renegade governor of Amorite origin.
January 1817 BC: During the years between 1862 and 1818 BC, King Ipiqadad II of Eshnunna conquered the cities of Nerebtum and Dur-Rimush.
January 1814 BC: From 1830-1815 BC, King Naramsin expanded Eshnunna's territory to Babylon, Ekallatum, and Ashur.
January 1775 BC: The cities of Nerebtum and Shaduppum were retaken by Eshnunna in 1776 BC following Assyrian King Shamshi-Adad's death.
Disestablishment
January 1764 BC: Iwe-palar-huppak of Elam captured Eshnunna.
Selected Sources
Edwards, I.E.S. / Gadd, C.J. / Hammond, N.G.L. (2008): The Cambridge Ancient History, 3rd ed., Vol. I, Part 2, Cambridge University Press, p. 104-144
New York Times Encyclopedic Almanac, New York Times, Book & Educational Division., 1970, p. 564
RIME 1.01.08.01 composite (P450160). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative. Retrieved on 29 March 2024 on https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/search?layout=full&id=P450160
Thorkild Jacobsen, "Philological Notes on Eshnunna and Its Inscriptions", Assyriological Studies 6, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1934
