Amorite dynasty of Mari

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The Amorite dynasty of Mari was a powerful Bronze Age ruling house that controlled the ancient city-state of Mari on the Euphrates and played a key role in the political and commercial networks of Mesopotamia.

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Amorite dynasty of Mari canonical 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bronze Age polity ⓘ
dynasty ⓘ
ruling house ⓘ
administrativeLanguage Akkadian ⓘ
approximateEndDate c. 1761 BCE ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Tell Hariri ⓘ
capital Mari ⓘ
culturalSphere Syro-Mesopotamian ⓘ
destroyedBy Hammurabi of Babylon ⓘ
linked to: Hammurabi
endCause conquest by Babylon ⓘ
endEvent destruction of Mari by Hammurabi ⓘ
engagedIn diplomacy ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ
ethnicComposition Amorites ⓘ
flourishedInCentury 18th century BCE ⓘ
19th century BCE ⓘ
flourishedInPeriod Old Babylonian period ⓘ
governanceForm monarchy ⓘ
hadRelationsWith Assyria ⓘ
Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon

Eshnunna ⓘ
Kingdom of Yamkhad ⓘ
Qatna ⓘ
hasNotableKing Zimri-Lim ⓘ
hasRuler Sumu-Yamam ⓘ
Yaggid-Lim ⓘ
Yahdun-Lim ⓘ
Zimri-Lim ⓘ
knownFor commercial networks in Mesopotamia ⓘ
diplomatic correspondence with other Near Eastern states ⓘ
political influence in Mesopotamia ⓘ
language Akkadian ⓘ
Amorite ⓘ
linked to: Amorites
lastRuler Zimri-Lim ⓘ
locatedIn Mari ⓘ
Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
ancient Mesopotamia ⓘ
locatedOn Euphrates River ⓘ
linked to: Euphrates
partOf Bronze Age Near East ⓘ
playedRoleIn balance of power in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia ⓘ
politicalStatus city-state ⓘ
predecessorPolity earlier dynasties of Mari ⓘ
region Middle Euphrates ⓘ
linked to: Euphrates
religion Mesopotamian polytheism ⓘ
sourceOfKnowledge Mari archives ⓘ
tradeNetwork Euphrates trade routes ⓘ
Syro-Mesopotamian trade ⓘ
usedWritingSystem cuneiform ⓘ

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Amorites → foundedDynasty → Amorite dynasty of Mari ⓘ