First Mariote Kingdom

This article is about the specific polity First Mariote Kingdom and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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Mari emerged as a Kingdom in 2900 BC. The city of Mari was located in eastern Syria. The city was abandoned c. 2550 BC at the end of the Early Dynastic period II, for unknown reasons.

Establishment

January 2899 BC: Mari was purposely founded during the Mesopotamian Early Dynastic period I c. 2900 BC, to control the waterways of the Euphrates trade routes that connect the Levant with the Sumerian south.

Chronology

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Disestablishment

January 2549 BC: The city of Mari, an ancient Semitic city-state in modern-day Syria, was abandoned at the end of the Early Dynastic period II c. 2550 BC for unknown reasons.

Selected Sources

Margueron, Jean-Claude (2003). "Mari and the Syro-Mesopotamian World". In Aruz, Joan; Wallenfels, Ronald (eds.). Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus. Metropolitan Museum of Art. P. 136

Viollet, Pierre-Louis (2007) [2005]. Water Engineering in Ancient Civilizations: 5,000 Years of History. IAHR Monographs. Vol. 7. Translated by Holly, Forrest M. CRC Press. p. 36