Chapter XXIII: The Ishnennen Dynasty
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The Maris also faced the threat of Assyria and therefore needed the support of Babylon, and although Armhard did not take a stand, the Maris responded positively to Babylon's request for an alliance. The two countries formally entered into a military alliance. The Babylonian rear threat was largely lifted.
In the same year, with the strong backing of Mari, Hammurabi led a coalition army to defeat the Larsa dynasty and capture the two city-states of Uruk and Isin, the last two cities that were subject to Larsa and originally belonged to the First Dynasty of Isin, and both cities were happy to submit to Babylonian rule because of their former allies with Babylon.
As a result, the Larsa dynasty declined, and Babylon became the most likely state to unify Mesopotamia.
This caused panic among the nations, and the northern nations saw Babylon as the greatest threat, and in that year, Elam, Guti, Eshnenna, and Malkum formed an alliance to attack Babylon.
Hammurabi responded calmly and fought a decisive battle with the Marish army and the Eshnenna army in the city of Siritum, defeating the allied forces of various countries.
After this battle, the power of the Elanguti dynasty was severely weakened and was destroyed by the Elanguti king Sivi Paralhupak.
After this victory, Hammurabi temporarily pacified the threat in the Akkadian region and turned his forces to the southern Sumerian region.
In the year, taking advantage of the serious illness of Remsin, Hammurabi's army attacked the Larsa Dynasty in the south, captured its capital in the north, Shapil in Mashkent, and finally captured the city of Larsa, the birthplace of Larsa, and he was also the king of the Larsa Dynasty, but in fact, the Larsa Dynasty at this time had already existed in name only, and there was only one city in Larsa.
The momentum of Babylonian expansion caused alarm in Assyria.
Assyria at this time was under the reign of King Ishmael Dagan II of the Aekrathu dynasty, facing not only the rise of Babylon in the south, but also the attacks of the Turuku people from the Zagros Mountains. At one point, the Turuku attacked the Assyrian capital, Ecaratus.
In the face of these problems, in addition to actively dealing with the threat of Babylon, Ishmael Dagan II's most important measure was to form an alliance with Babylon's enemies, which was more effective, first with Ashnunna's king Tatusha, and even in order to show his sincerity, he ceded the position of alliance leader to Eshnenna. In fact, at that time, Eshnenna organized many alliances against Babylon, and the position of alliance leader was also expected.
Later, Assyria took the initiative to reconcile with Mari despite his previous grievances, and Yamhard, the powerful power that ruled Syria, also saw the trend of Babylon unifying Mesopotamia, which would pose a new threat to Yamhard. So Armhard agreed to form an alliance with Assyria, but in the ensuing war, Armhard did not actually send troops, but only supported the vassal Mari to join the coalition against Babylon.
At this time, the form of Babylonian unification of Mesopotamia was becoming apparent. It turned out that Ma Rui, who was an ally, began to panic, and everyone understood the truth of cold lips and teeth. Marry also accepted the decision to betray Babylon's overlord.
Taking advantage of the southward advance of the Babylonian army, under the manipulation of Assyria behind the scenes, Eshnenna contacted Mari and Malekum to form an alliance again, in an attempt to invade Babylon.
Upon hearing this, Hammurabi quickly withdrew his troops from the southern Sumerian region, and before withdrawing his troops, in order to pacify the region, Hammurabi himself served as the king of the Ralsa dynasty.
Hammurabi's division engaged the Eshnenna coalition forces, once again routed them, and took advantage of the victory to capture Eshnenna's important town of Mankisu in the upper Tigris River. Ma Rui and Malekum were so badly injured that they were unable to fight again, and basically withdrew from the coalition army. But at this time, Hammurabi did not want to lose the buffer with Armhard, so he did not destroy Marry, and the current Babylon is not strong enough.
After the defeat of this coalition, Assyria, the mastermind behind the scenes, finally jumped out.
In the same year, the Assyrian Ekaratu dynasty formed an alliance with the small states of Eshnenna, Guti, and Turuku and Kakmu in the Assyrian Subaltu region to attack Babylon again. In this battle, Hammurabi won a big victory.
After this victory, Hammurabi did not continue to fight on the Eastern Front, and the time had come for Babylon to no longer fear the threat of Armhard, who could attack Babylon at any time through Mari.
In that year, Hammurabi's army captured Mari and Malekum, respectively. The kings of both countries, Simri Lim and Ipik Ishtar, were captured.
After a truce of several years, after the withdrawal of the Babylonian army, the people of the two places revolted, and Hammurabi suppressed the revolt and demolished the walls to remove the inhabitants.
At this time, King Tatusha of Eshnenna had died, and the new king, Heli Sin, as the leader of the alliance, contacted Assyria and formed an alliance against Babylon together with the two small states of Assyrian Subar, Turuku and Kakmuji.
Hammurabi defeated the coalition forces before the Assyrian forces with Turuku and Kakmu reached Eshnenna to assemble. So Eshnenna was isolated from the Babylonian army.
In the year, Hammurabi garrisoned the city of Tutubo on the other side of the Eshnenna River, then washed away Eshnenna with a large flood and occupied Eshnenna. King Heli Sinn of Eshnenna was killed, and the Ashenna dynasty fell.
In that year, Eshnenna revolted against Babylon under the leadership of a man named Anni (or pronounced Iruni), which was immediately suppressed and the city destroyed, and the center of the Eshnenna region was changed to the city of Tutubo.
King Eshnennaqi's name is unknown, and he lived for a total of several years.
> the Second Dynasty of Marry
Descendants of the original Second Ebla Dynasty, they took refuge in the First Dynasty of Ising in the early days of the First Dynasty.
Maris became independent at the same time as Ereschum II of the Assyrian Ekaratu dynasty.
During this period, the lineage of the kings is unknown.
Since its founding, the Marai dynasty has been in the midst of a struggle with Assyria and Eshnenna for dominance in Silesia.