Second Eblaite Kingdom
This article is about the specific polity Second Eblaite 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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Ebla was an early Kingdom in Syria, emerging around 3000 BC. After being destroyed around 2300 BC, it was rebuilt. It was destroyed again around 2000 BC.
Establishment
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.
Chronology
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1. Events
January 2217 BC: The Akkadians under Sargon of Akkad and his descendant Naram-Sin invaded the northern borders of Ebla.
Disestablishment
January 1999 BC: The second kingdom of Ebla disintegrated toward the end of the 21st century BC, and ended with the destruction of the city by fire. The reason for the destruction is not known.
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
Astour, Michael C. (2002). "A Reconstruction of the History of Ebla (Part 2)". In Gordon, Cyrus Herzl; Rendsburg, Gary (eds.). Eblaitica: Essays on the Ebla Archives and Eblaite Language. Vol. 4. Eisenbrauns. ISBN 978-1-57506-060-6. p. 101
Astour, Michael C. (2002). "A Reconstruction of the History of Ebla (Part 2)". In Gordon, Cyrus Herzl; Rendsburg, Gary (eds.). Eblaitica: Essays on the Ebla Archives and Eblaite Language. Vol. 4. Eisenbrauns. ISBN 978-1-57506-060-6. p. 79
Dolce, Rita (2010). "Ebla and its origins – a proposal". In Matthiae, Paolo; Pinnock, Frances; Nigro, Lorenzo; Marchetti, Nicolò; Romano, Licia (eds.). Proceedings of the 6th International Congress of the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East: Near Eastern archaeology in the past, present and future: heritage and identity, ethnoarchaeological and interdisciplinary approach, results and perspectives; visual expression and craft production in the definition of social relations and status. Vol. 1. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-06175-9. p. 252.
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
