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Naram-Sin, also transcribed Narฤm-Sîn or Naram-Suen (Akkadian: ๐ญ๐พ๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐ช: D Na-ra-am D Sîn, meaning "Beloved of the Moon God Sîn", the "๐ญ" a determinative marking the name of a god), was a ruler of the Akkadian Empire, who reigned c. 2254 –2218 BC (middle chronology), and was the third successor and grandson of King Sargon of Akkad.
The Akkadian Empire (/ ษ ห k eษช d i ษn /) [2] was the first known ancient empire of Mesopotamia, succeeding the long-lived civilization of Sumer.Centered on the city of Akkad (/ ห æ k æ d /) [3] and its surrounding region, the empire united Akkadian and Sumerian speakers under one rule and exercised significant influence across Mesopotamia, the Levant, and Anatolia, sending military ...
The following is a list of the last 27 annually-elected limmu officials listed on the extant Kültepe Eponym Lists (KEL) representing Naram-Sin's first years (ending nearly a decade before Naram-Sin's 35th year during which the karum Kanesh was destroyed c. 1837 BC, the II layer.) [4]: 29 The city-state of Assur which Naram-Sin had inherited ...
The Victory Stele of Naram-Sin is a stele that dates to approximately 2254–2218 BC, in the time of the Akkadian Empire, and is now at the Louvre in Paris. The relief measures 200 cm. in height (6' 7") [ 1 ] and was carved in pinkish sandstone, [ 2 ] with cuneiform writings in Akkadian and Elamite .
The king of Akkad (Akkadian: šar mฤt Akkadi, lit. ' king of the land of Akkad ' [1]) was the ruler of the city of Akkad and its empire, in ancient Mesopotamia.In the 3rd millennium BC, from the reign of Sargon of Akkad to the reign of his great-grandson Shar-Kali-Sharri, the Akkadian Empire represented the dominant power in Mesopotamia and the first known great empire.
Naram-Sin, who reigned between 2254 and 2218 BC, created the title of King of the Four Corners of the World. Relief today housed at the Istanbul Archaeological Museum. Seal of the Neo-Sumerianking Ibbi-Sinin the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The inscription reads "Ibbi-Sin the strong king, king of Ur, King of the four corners of the world".
List of Mesopotamian dynasties. A selection of Mesopotamian rulers: Ur-Nanshe of Lagash (top left; c. 2500 BC), Naram-Sin of Akkad (top right; c. 2254–2218 BC), Marduk-nadin-ahhe of Babylon (bottom left; c. 1095–1078 BC), and Sargon II of Assyria (bottom right; 722–705 BC) The history of Mesopotamia extends from the Lower Paleolithic ...
The most important Akkadian building in the city is called the "Palace of Naram-Sin", [note 6] [90] which had parts of it built over the original Eye Temple. [91] [92] Despite its name, the palace is closer to a fortress, [90] as it was more of a fortified depot for the storage of collected tribute rather than a residential seat.