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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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