readx;? At the beginning of the reign of Shamsh Attad I, King of the Assyrian Ekrathu Dynasty, the strength of the Second Murray Dynasty forced the Assyrians to submit and occupy the capitals of Ashur and Ekratus. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After a decade of power, Shamsh Attad I formed an alliance with the new Babylonian king, Sim Mupalit, to fight against Marai.

With the help of Babylon, Assyria recaptured the cities of Ashur and Erakathu, which were under the control of Mari.

In the same year, due to the royal unrest related to the succession of Mari, Shamsh Attad I annexed the Second Dynasty of Mari. The second son of Shamsh Attad I, Jasuma Attad, became the Assyrian governor in Mari and began to control Mari.

The second dynasty of Marley lasted for a total of years.

> the Third Dynasty of Marry

After the death of Shamsh Atad I, the empire established by the Assyrian Ekrathu dynasty began to crumble, and Jasuma Atad was overthrown by the new king of Marai, Simri Limu, and expelled back to Assyria.

After the second dynasty of Marui was destroyed by Assyria, the new king of Mari was originally a royal family of Mare, and had been taking refuge in Yamhad, which was established by the Amorites of Western Semite, a powerful country in Syria, and was later helped by Yaremrin, the king of Yamhard, and lent him troops to overthrow Assyria and get the throne of Marui.

In fact, the main problem is that the Assyrians were Eastern Semites, while the Yamhad were Western Semitic Amorites. Although the Maris were Eastern Semites, because of the hatred of destroying the country, they turned to Yamhard of the Western Semitic Amorites for help, and got such an opportunity to weaken the Assyrian Ekaratu dynasty established by the Eastern Semites, and Yamhard naturally did not miss it.

Upon his accession to the throne, Simri Lim quickly married Armhard and married Armhard's princess as queen, securing the country's support for him, after which Mari became a vassal of Armhard.

If Babylon wants to compete with the eastern powers, it must obtain a solid rear, and it is almost impossible to defeat Yamhard, who rules the entire Syrian region, at present, so Mari, as a subject of Yamhad, cannot be occupied, otherwise the two countries will have no buffer room. So the only viable way is to build alliances diplomatically.

Hammurabi is a West Semitic Amorite, and the Yamhad are both West Semitic Amorites, and even very close relatives, so it is not impossible for the two countries to establish an alliance.

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.