Third Mariote Kingdom
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In c. 2300 BC Mari was destroyed and conquered by the Akkadian Empire. Akkad disintegrated during Shar-Kali-Sharri's reign, and Mari gained its independence. The city of Mari was located in eastern Syria.
Establishment
January 2198 BC: The Akkadian Empire disintegrated during Shar-Kali-Sharri's reign, and Mari gained its independence.
Chronology
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Assyrian ruler Shamshi-Adad I conquered the Kingdom of Mari.
January 1794 BC: King Yahdun-Lim of Mari was assassinated by his own servants. The heir to the throne of Mari, Zimri-Lim, was forced to flee to Yamhad. Assyrian King Shamshi-Adad I seized the opportunity and occupied Mari. He placed his sons (Ishme-Dagan I and Yasmah-Adad) in key geographical locations and gave them responsibility to look over those areas. Shamshi-Adad I put his eldest son (Ishme-Dagan I) on the throne of Ekallatum, while Shamshi-Adad I remained in Šubat-Enlil. Shamshi-Adad I put his second son, Yasmah-Adad, on the throne in Mari. With the annexation of Mari, Shamshi-Adad I had carved out a large empire encompassing much of Syria, Anatolia, and the whole of Upper Mesopotamia. Shamshi-Adad I proclaimed himself as "King of All".
After the death of Assyrian ruler Shamshi-Adad I, the Kingdom of Mari seceded.
January 1774 BC: After the death of Assyrian King Shamshi-Adad I, his Yasmah-Adad was expelled from Mari by Zimri-Lim.
Military campaigns of Mariote king Zim-ri-Lim.
January 1769 BC: Conquests of Mariote King Zim-ri-Lim.
Military campaigns of Babylonian King Hammurabi.
4.1.Hammurabi's Conquests in the North
Military campaign of Babylonian King Hammurabi in northern Mesopotamia.
January 1759 BC: The Babylonian armies conquered the remaining northern states of Mesopotamia, including Babylon's former ally Mari.
January 1999 BC: During the early second millennium BC the city of Urkesh passed into the hands of the rulers of Mari.
January 1799 BC: Yahdun-Lim expanded west and claimed to have reached the Mediterranean. He probably conquered only the city of Tuttul.
January 1760 BC: Terqa became the capital of a state named the Kingdom of Hana.
Disestablishment
January 1759 BC: The Babylonian armies conquered the remaining northern states of Mesopotamia, including Babylon's former ally Mari.
