Chapter 20: The Mesopotamian Mixing Bowl Flashcards
1794 B.C.
By this time, both Rim-Sin and Shamshi-Adad held almost all of the Mesopotamian plain between them.
Assyria
The triangle of land between the upper Tigris and the Lower Zab river, cornered by the three cities of Assur and Arbela and Nineveh
Gungunum
He was the fifth king of Larsa, he was an Amorite. He was a contemporary of Lipit-Ishtar of Isin, and took control of the city of Ur.
Hammurabi
According to the Babylonian king list, he was the great-great-great-grandson of Sumu-abum. He ruled from 1792-1750 B.C.
Ishbi-Erra
He was the ruler of the city Isin. He ruled a four-city kingdom consisting of Isin, Nippur, Uruk, and Ur.
Rim-Sin
He was the ruler of Larsa. His father gave him the city of Larsa to rule.
Shamshi-Adad
A warrior, who was probably an Amorite. The Assyrian king list says he spent some year in Babylon, than he seized a military fortress that stood just north of Assur.
