Chapter 34: The Fall of Sumerian Civilization

readx;? Shu Xin, reigned 9 years, 2057-2048 BC. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info suffix: Luna Sin.

In 2057 BC, Amar Sin's son, Shu Sin, succeeded to the throne of your.

In 2053 BC, in order to defend against the Amorites, Shu Xin began to build a wall-like wall north of your, trying to keep the Amorites out of the walls, which was a major project, but the Amorites quickly broke through the unfinished wall and forced it to stop. Even your, which is almost in the southernmost part, had to build walls, which gives you the wide range of the Amorites.

Ib Sheen, reigned 24 years, 2048-2024 BC. Suffix: Luna Sin.

In 2048 BC, Schu Sin's son, Ibi Sin, succeeded to the throne of your.

During the reign of Ib Sheen, the kingdom was not as powerful as it once was. Ib Sim himself no longer had the same powerful power as he had in the early days of the kingdom, and many city-states gradually declared independence from the kingdom.

The Amorites continued to attack the surrounding areas around the semi-independent Larsa, capturing many Sumerian cities, and the situation in the country was unstable. Epi Sheen was overwhelmed by the long war, and his dynasty was already shaky.

In 2039 BC, Ibi Sheen ordered the city of Nipur to build a wall in order to strengthen its defenses. However, due to persecution by the Amorites, the Ensi of Nipur (the administrator of the Sumerian, Akkadian city-states) was forced to stop the monthly payment to your in an attempt to save Nipur from attack.

In 2038 BC, Ensi's wish was not fulfilled, and the Amorites captured the city of Nipur.

In 2038 BC, the Himash dynasty in the Elamite region, breaking away from imperial rule, occupied Susa, expelled the governor sent by your, unified the Elamite region, and became the successor of the Awan dynasty. and actively planned to attack your, becoming a fierce rival of the dynasty.

In 2030 BC, the fully Sumerian general Ishbi Ilah, a fully Sumerian general from Mari (then under the rule of the Second Dynasty of Ekara of the Eastern Semitic dynasty of Syria), was sent to Isin to buy grain, where he established his capital and declared independence, and the First Dynasty of Isin was established. Ishbi Ila calls himself "Lugar". Later, the title of the first king of the Third Dynasty of your, "King of Sumer and Akkad, King of the Four Worlds", was adopted.

By this time, the Amorites had understood the importance of political power and were no longer fighting in the form of tribes.

In 2025 BC, the Amoritic grain merchant Napranum officially established the Larsa dynasty in Larsa, and subsequently allied with the Elemscimash dynasty to attack the Third dynasty of your.

In 2024 BC, the Elamhimash dynasty launched a large-scale expedition, at this time your had long lost the advantage of the Sumerian co-lordship, there was no country to support, and finally the city of your was destroyed, and King Epi Xin himself was captured in this war and brought to the city of Elaman Anshan, and since then it has disappeared, and about his final fate, legend has it that he was hung on the tower of the city for public display. This is where the history of the Third Dynasty of your comes to an end.

A number of tragic events that occurred during this period are reflected in the Elegy for the Fall of your, the Elegy for Ibizin (both Sumerian Lamentations, the prototype of the Biblical Lamentations), and in the correspondence between Ibis Sheen and Ishbi Ila and other Ensi (city administrators).

If the Sumerians start with the original establishment of Elidu in southern Mesopotamia in 4120 BC, until 2024 BC, they have experienced almost 2000 years of intermittent history.

The Third Dynasty of your was the last dynasty of the Sumerians, and its demise also announced the end of the Sumerians on the stage of world history, and in the long historical years, the Sumerian civilization has been passed down and has become an important part of the classical civilization.

After the fall of the Third Dynasty of your, the Sumerians were almost wiped out, and since then the yellow race in Mesopotamia no longer exists, only the Semitic white race remains. Of course, there were Indo-European indigenous yellow people who invaded from other regions, but the native yellow people no longer existed.

The remnants of the Sumerian survival were buried in the ground by yellow sand, and people searched for decades without finding any trace of it. People have to lament that this ancient civilization has passed away. It wasn't until the 19th century that the ancient city walls were rediscovered, and the civilization of the past was once again revealed.

After the fall of the unified and powerful Third Dynasty of your, the vassal states became independent one after another, and for a time the independent vassal states of the Sumerian region were constantly at war, the most powerful of which was Isin, which initially occupied a dominant position, but was soon challenged by the Larsa dynasty, which occupied the southern part of the Sumerian region centered on Larsa, Uruk, your, and Elidu, while Isin occupied Isin, Nippur was centered in the northern part of Sumer, and nominally controlled the Akkadian region, while Kish was on the fringes of the battlefield between the two sides, so Kish quickly declined.

At the time of the Sumerian wars, the northern region of Akkad, and even the Silesian region, also had many vassal states of the Third Dynasty of your, and they were also independent, and were not valued by the Isin dynasty at first, but eventually Babylon and Assyria appeared in these countries. Become the overthrower of the Sumerian regimes.

The Third Dynasty of your had a total of five kings, 106 years.

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Assyrian Elder Age:

The Assyrians (Eastern Semites) who fled the city of Ashur resumed their nomadic life in Silesia under the leadership of Samanus, and gradually merged with the Amorites of Western Semites in the Akkadian region. To outsiders they were the same as the Amorites, and only they remembered themselves as Assyrians, Eastern Semites.

List of the Great Elders of Assyria Amorites:

Samnu, reigned 2100-2080 BC.

Hayani, reigned 2080-2075 BC.

In 2080 BC, Hayani was elected by the Council of Elders as the Grand Elder of Assyria.