Chapter 36: The Fourth Dynasty of Uruk
readx;? The Western Semites had long been away from the centers of civilization, maintained nomadic habits, and were still in the tribal clan stage, entering the territory of the Akkadians, but unwilling to submit to management. The conflict between the two www.biquge.info the same as the conflict between the Akkadians and the Sumerians.
Although Shar Kali Shari was wary of the threat of Elam, he also had to send troops to fight the tribes of the West Semites, although the reconstruction of the city of Ekara made the West Semites not have many backers and defeated them, but the loss of national strength was even greater.
These Western Semitic tribes, though scattered, were widely distributed across the land from the Akkadian region to the Sumerian region. Later people referred to these Semitic people who lived in the Mesopotamian region as the Amorites. Although they are Caucasian Semitic people with the Akkadians, the gap between civilization and barbarism is the same as that between the Huaxia people in the Yellow River Valley and the surrounding barbarians, although they are of the same race, they cannot tolerate each other's living habits.
In 2230 BC, Shar Cali Sharui died in a palace coup. The forces led by Irgigi took the throne of Akkadian in a palace coup. The Sargon family has since lost its dynastic dominance.
"Who is king, and who is not?"
After Irgigi overthrew the rule of the Sargon family, the Eastern Semitic people began to divide internally, and the Sargon family had already become one with the Eastern Semitic tribal alliance that had defected to him for many years, and now after being overthrown, it still has a strong latent power.
In 2229 BC, although Shar Kali Sharui had died, Ushpiya, a branch of the Sargon family, led some of the Eastern Semites loyal to the Sargon family, returned to the northern city of Ashur, proclaimed himself king in the city of Ashur, and declared his succession to the status of the Saar family. This is the Akkad dynasty of "who is king, and who is not king?" in the Sumerian table of kings. Period. In order to distinguish themselves from the rebels in the southern Akkadian region, they began to call themselves Ashurs.
And the Ashur dynasty founded by Ushpia is considered to be the predecessor of the Assyrian kingdom, also known as the period of the pre-Assyrian kings.
The Akkadian Empire, which originally controlled all of Mesopotamia, was divided from south to north into Sumerian, Akkad, and Silesian regions controlled by the Sumerian city-states. In Silesia, there are also regimes similar to Ashurn, such as Mari and Eshnenna.
The following continues with the situation of the Akkadian dynasty:
Irgigi
Imi Imi
Nanum
Eruru
Irgigi's seizure of power stimulated the power of the major families, and then the families began a struggle for the rule of Akkad. From then on, the Akkadian Empire fell into a period of chaos (BC2230-2227), with four kings changing in three years, and the Akkadian Empire declined rapidly. The empire went from ruling Mesopotamia (including Silesia, Akkad, and Sumer) and Elamite in its heyday to ruling only Akkad.
Since then, Sumerian city-states have emerged one after another Sumerian city-states in the Sumerian region. Among them, the emerging Uruk Fourth Dynasty, founded by the Sumerians, dominated the Sumerian region. The Guti also regained their strength and actively expanded into the Akkadian region.
Dudu, reigned: 21 BC, 2227-2206 BC.
In 2227 BC, after 3 years of fighting, the above 4 kings were replaced, and finally the Tutu family established the rule of Akkad, and Dutu became the tenth king of the Akkad dynasty.
After that, Uruk and Akkadian faced off, and Ushpia in Ashur was still very weak and began to slowly accumulate strength. And the Fifth Dynasty of Kish did not have a bad relationship with Akkadian (Sargon was originally the king of Kish), and although Kish and Uruk were feuding, they could not kill each other at this time in the face of the Eastern Semites. So you can only help each other.
Shu Turul, reigned 15 years, 2206-2191 BC.
In 2206 BC, Tutu's son Shu Turul succeeded to the throne of Akkadian and became the eleventh king of the Akkadian dynasty.
In 2191 BC, Akkadian was captured by the Guti. The Akkadian Empire falls. The era of the Sumerian-Akkadian confrontation is over.
After the defeat of the Akkadian Empire, the Gurti and Sumerians were restored, and the yellow race became the masters, while the white East Semites were wiped out, and most of them were wiped out or reduced to slavery. Only the region of Silesia remained in the hands of the Eastern Semites.
There are large numbers of Akkadians in both Mari and Ashur.
Because the living habits of the Maris are too similar to those of the Sumerians, the Akkadians living here have hardly been affected, and even the Akkadians have been absorbed into the Sumerian king's ministers, and even called the king of the state, which is equivalent to returning to the path of the system.
The Akkadian dynasty had a total of 11 kings, reigning from 2371 to 2191.
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Uruk IV Dynasty
"Akkadian was defeated, and royal power was transferred to Uruk. ”
Ur Nijn your-, reigned 7 BC, 2210-2203 BC. Suffix: Diacritic of Nigiles.
In 2210 BC, at the time of the decline of the Akkadian Empire, the Sumerians established the Fourth Dynasty of Uruk under the leadership of your Nigien.
As a result of the decline of the Akkadian empire, Uruk became the new political center of the Sumerian region of southern Mesopotamia. A two-power confrontation with the Akkadian Empire in the north.
Your Gigil ur-, reigned 6 years, 2203-2197 BC. Suffix: A diacritic of the general term for God.
In 2203 BC, your Nigien's son, your Gigil, succeeded to the throne of Uruk and was the second king of the Fourth Dynasty of Uruk.
Kuta Kuda, reigned: 6 years, 2197-2191 BC.
In 2197 BC, Kuta seized the throne of Uruk of your Gigil and was the third king of the Fourth Dynasty of Uruk.
Psul Ely, reigned 5 years, 2191-2186 BC.
In 2191 BC, Psuor Ely succeeded to the throne of Uruk and was the fourth king of the Fourth Dynasty of Uruk.
Ur Utu-utu, reigned 6 years, 2186-2180 BC. Suffix: Utu, the sun god.
With this name, we can see the difference between the Semites in terms of the sun god, and if it is a Semite, then the god name is Shamash, not Utu.