Isin
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Was a Mesopotamian city-state in actual Iraq.
Establishment
January 2899 BC: The Sumerian city-state was occupied at least as early as the Early Dynastic period in the the 3rd millennium 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.
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 Campaigns of Rim-Sin, ruler of the Mesopotamian city-state of Larsa.
3.1.Larsa's conquest of Isin
Conquest of the city-state of Isin by Rim-Sin, ruler of the Mesopotamian city-state of Larsa.
January 1819 BC: Isin maintained its independence from Larsa for at least forty years, ultimately succumbing to Larsa's ruler Rim-Sin I.
January 2003 BC: When the deteriorating Third Dynasty of Ur finally collapsed at the hands of the Elamites at the end of the third millennium BC, one of the Neo-Sumerian governmental officials, Ishbi-Erra, relocated from Ur to Isin, another city in the south of Mesopotamia, and established himself as a ruler there.
January 1919 BC: Ishbi-Erra of Isin did succeed in repulsing the Elamites from the Ur region. This gave the Isin dynasty control over the culturally significant cities of Ur, Uruk, and the spiritual center of Nippur.
Disestablishment
January 1819 BC: Isin maintained its independence from Larsa for at least forty years, ultimately succumbing to Larsa's ruler Rim-Sin I.
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
Foster., Benjamin R., "Archives and Record-keeping in Sargonic Mesopotamia", Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie , vol. 72, no. 1, pp. 1-27, 1982
Hallo, W. W. (1959): The Last Years of the Kings of Isin, Journal of Near Eastern Studies, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 54-72
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
