Isin dynasty

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The Isin dynasty was an ancient Mesopotamian ruling house that controlled the city-state of Isin and surrounding regions in southern Iraq during the early second millennium BCE, following the collapse of the Ur III empire.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Isin dynasty canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Mesopotamian dynasty ⓘ
city-state dynasty ⓘ
ruling house ⓘ
archaeologicalSite Ishan al-Bahriyat ⓘ
capital Isin ⓘ
conflictWith Elam ⓘ
Larsa ⓘ
country ancient Mesopotamia ⓘ
currency silver by weight ⓘ
economyBasedOn agriculture ⓘ
irrigation farming ⓘ
endTime circa 1794 BCE ⓘ
era Isin-Larsa period ⓘ
flourishedInPeriod early second millennium BCE ⓘ
followedBy First Dynasty of Babylon ⓘ
Larsa dynasty ⓘ
follows Third Dynasty of Ur ⓘ
Ur III dynasty ⓘ
governmentForm monarchy ⓘ
hasKing Bur-Sin of Isin ⓘ
Damiq-ilishu ⓘ
Enlil-bani ⓘ
Iddin-Dagan ⓘ
Ishbi-Erra ⓘ
linked to: Ishbi-Erra of Isin

Ishme-Dagan of Isin ⓘ
linked to: Ishme-Dagan I

Iter-pisha ⓘ
Larsa-contemporary Rim-Sin I (as rival)? ⓘ
linked to: Rim-Sin I

Lipit-Ishtar ⓘ
Shu-ilishu ⓘ
Sîn-magir ⓘ
Ur-Ninurta ⓘ
Ur-du-kuga ⓘ
Zambiya ⓘ
knownFor continuation of Sumerian cultural traditions ⓘ
law code of Lipit-Ishtar ⓘ
languageUsed Akkadian ⓘ
Sumerian ⓘ
locatedIn Isin ⓘ
southern Iraq ⓘ
southern Mesopotamia ⓘ
namedAfter city of Isin ⓘ
partOf history of Babylonia ⓘ
history of Sumer ⓘ
precededBy Ur III empire ⓘ
linked to: Ur III period
region Lower Mesopotamia ⓘ
religion Mesopotamian polytheism ⓘ
startTime circa 2017 BCE ⓘ
territoryIncludes city-state of Isin ⓘ
parts of southern Babylonia ⓘ
usedWritingSystem cuneiform ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ur III dynasty → followedBy → Isin dynasty ⓘ
Ibbi-Sin → successorState → Isin dynasty ⓘ
Amorite dynasty of Larsa → rival → Isin dynasty ⓘ
Adab → laterControlledBy → Isin dynasty ⓘ
Isin-Larsa period → hasPart → Isin dynasty ⓘ