First Eblaite Kingdom
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Ebla was an early Kingdom in Syria, emerging around 3000 BC. The first kingdom was destroyed around 2300 BC.
Establishment
January 2999 BC: The first period of the Kingdom of Ebla started around 3000 BC.
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.
January 2449 BC: In the mid-25th century BC, Eblaite King Kun-Damu defeated Mari and expanded the territory of his Kingdom.
January 2339 BC: The first Eblaite Kingdom at ist heigth (c. 2340 BC) extended from Urshu in the north, to Damascus area in the south. And from Phoenicia and the coastal mountains in the west, to Tuttul, and Haddu in the east.
Disestablishment
January 2299 BC: First destruction of the Eblaite Kingdom (c. 2300 BC). The palace of Ebla was burned. The exact circumstances and the perpetrators of the destruction are unknown.
Selected Sources
Astour, Michael C. (1992). "An outline of the history of Ebla (part 1)". In Gordon, Cyrus Herzl; Rendsburg, Gary (eds.). Eblaitica: Essays on the Ebla Archives and Eblaite Language. Vol. 3. Eisenbrauns. ISBN 978-0-931464-77-5. p. 19
Cyrus Herzl Gordon, Gary Rendsburg, Nathan H. Winter (1987): Eblaitica: Essays on the Ebla Archives and Eblaite Language, Eisenbrauns, pp. 101-107
Diane Bolger, Louise C. Maguire (2010): The Development of Pre-State Communities in the Ancient Near East: Studies in Honour of Edgar Peltenburg, Oxbow Books, Cap. 11
Dolce, Rita (2008). "Ebla before the Achievement of Palace G Culture: An Evaluation of the Early Syrian Archaic Period". In Kühne, Hartmut; Czichon, Rainer Maria; Kreppner, Florian Janoscha (eds.). Proceedings of the 4th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East, 29 March - 3 April 2004, Freie Universität Berlin. Vol. 2. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-05757-8. p. 68
Gordon Douglas Young (1981): Ugarit in Retrospect: Fifty Years of Ugarit and Ugaritic, Eisenbrauns, p.4
Jonathan N. Tubb (1998): Canaanites, University of Oklahoma Press, p. 39
Maria Eugenia Aubet (2001): The Phoenicians and the West: Politics, Colonies and Trade, Cambridge University Press, p. 18
Matthiae, Paolo (2013a). "A Long Journey. Fifty Years of Research on the Bronze Age at Tell Mardikh/Ebla". In Matthiae, Paolo; Marchetti, Nicolò (eds.). Ebla and its Landscape: Early State Formation in the Ancient Near East. Left Coast Press. ISBN 978-1-61132-228-6. p. 37
Matthiae, Paolo (2013a). "A Long Journey. Fifty Years of Research on the Bronze Age at Tell Mardikh/Ebla". In Matthiae, Paolo; Marchetti, Nicolò (eds.). Ebla and its Landscape: Early State Formation in the Ancient Near East. Left Coast Press. ISBN 978-1-61132-228-6. p. 38
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
