Yamhad
This article is about the specific polity Yamhad 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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Yamhad was an ancient Semitic kingdom centered on Ḥalab (Aleppo), Syria.
Establishment
January 1809 BC: Yamhad, an ancient Semitic kingdom centered on Ḥalab (today Aleppo, Syria), emerged at the end of the 19th century BC.
Chronology
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Assyrian ruler Shamshi-Adad I conquers the town of Shekna.
January 1807 BC: Shamshi-Adad I (1813-1781 BC) of Assyria saw the great potential in the rich agricultural production of the newly conquered city of Shekna. He made the ciuty the capital of his empire and conquered the surrounding regions.
Military campaigns of Mariote king Zim-ri-Lim.
January 1769 BC: Conquests of Mariote King Zim-ri-Lim.
Military campaigns of Assyrian king Shamshi-Adad I.
January 1720 BC: Expansion of the Assyran Empire by c. 1721 BC.
Military campaigns of Hittite King Hattusili I.
January 1650 BC: Labarna founded the Hittite Kingdom ca. 1650 BC. He renamed himself Hattusili I (meaning "the man of Hattusa") and established his capital city at Hattusa.
Military campaigns of Hittite King Mursili I.
January 1599 BC: Hittite King Mursili I conquered the kingdom of Yamhad and its capital, Aleppo.
Military campaigns of Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ahmose I.
January 1549 BC: Pharaoh Ahmose I reasserted Egyptian power in Canaan.
6.1.Punitive Expedition in Canaan
Military campaign of Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ahmose I in Canaan.
January 1526 BC: Ahmose I began a military expedition in Syria and Nubia during his 22nd year of reign. He reached Djahy in the Levant and perhaps as far as the Euphrates. Ahmose did reach at least as far as Kedem (thought to be near Byblos), according to an ostracon in the tomb of his wife, Ahmose-Nefertari.
February 1526 BC: Ahmose I started a military expedition in Syria and Nubia during his 22nd year of reign. At the end of the expedition the Pharaoh left most of the territories.
January 1808 BC: Shekhna was conquered by Shamshi-Adad I (1813-1781 BC) of Assyria. He saw the great potential in the rich agricultural production of the region and made Shekhna the capital city of his empire.
January 1799 BC: Yahdun-Lim expanded west and claimed to have reached the Mediterranean. He probably conquered only the city of Tuttul.
January 1799 BC: Between 1800 and 1200 BC, Ugarit ruled a trade-based coastal kingdom.
January 1799 BC: From c. 1800 BC, Carchemish was ruled by a king named Aplahanda and was an important center of timber trade.
January 1776 BC: In 1777 BC Yarim-Lim of Yamhad advanced to the east conquering Tuttul.
January 1764 BC: Hazor, Qatna's vassal, was conquered by Yamhad.
January 1763 BC: The Syrian city-states were subdued by Yamhad through alliances or force. Mamma, Ebla and Ugarit became vassals of Yamhad.
January 1751 BC: Territorial acquisitions of Yamhad until 1752 BC.
January 1589 BC: Mursili left for Babylon and sacked it, but was assassinated upon his return to his capital Hattusa, and his empire disintegrated.
Disestablishment
January 1516 BC: Yamhad became a vassal of Mitanni.
Selected Sources
Broad, William J. "It Swallowed a Civilization. " New York Times, D1. 21 October 2003.
Cline, Eric H. (2021). "Of Arms and the Man". 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed. Princeton University Press. p. 32
Douglas Frayne (1 January 1990). Old Babylonian Period (2003-1595 BC). University of Toronto Press. p. 780
Grimal, Nicolas (1992). A History of Ancient Egypt. Translated by Ian Shaw. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. ISBN 978-0-631-19396-8. p. 192
Weinstein, J. M. (1981): The Egyptian Empire in Palestine: A Reassessment, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research nr. 241, p.7
