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The Sumer–Elam war took place across present-day Iraq and Iran and is one of the earliest conflicts for which contemporaneous, anecdotal evidence exists, though details of this war are slight. Fought between the forces of Sumer and Elam, it began c. 2600 BC. [1] [2] The written sources on the conflict are the earliest mentioning Elam's ...
The first recorded war in history took place in Mesopotamia in around 2700 B.C. during the ED period, between the forces of Sumer and Elam. The Sumerians, under the command of Enmebaragesi, the King of Kish, defeated the Elamites and is recorded "carried away as spoils the weapons of Elam".
One war known to have taken place over a comparatively long distance, was between Kish and Elam, who were located 160 miles apart. [7] Modern historians know very little about the tactics of Sumerian armies because records glorify victories, but rarely talk about how the battle was fought. [ 4 ]
Elam (/ ˈ iː l ə m /) [a] was an ancient civilization centered in the far west and southwest of modern-day Iran, stretching from the lowlands of what is now Khuzestan and Ilam Province as well as a small part of southern Iraq. The modern name Elam stems from the Sumerian transliteration elam(a), along with the later Akkadian elamtu, and the ...
Neo-Sumerian Empire: Lagash: c. 2004 BC c. 2004 BC Fall of the Neo-Sumerian Empire: Elam Susa: Neo-Sumerian Empire: c. 2000 BC: c. 2000 BC: War in Persenbet: Segerseni: Unclear: c. 1822 BC c. 1763 BC Campaigns of Rim-Sin I: Larsa: Uruk Isin Der Babylon Sutum Rapiqum: c. 1801 BC c. 1770 BC Elam's Invasion into Mesopotamia [23] [24] Elam Babylon ...
A Sumerian relief of Ur-Nanshe, king of Lagash circa 2500 BCE. This dynasty is dated to the 26th century BC, about the same time as Elam is also mentioned clearly. [22] According to the Sumerian king list, Elam, Sumer's neighbor to the east, held the kingship in Sumer for a brief period, based in the city of Awan.
The rest of Elam is conquered by the Shimashki dynasty, after the death of Puzur-Inshushinak. Sumerian border skirmishes on the north-east [10] [11] (Circa 2000 BC) Simurrum. Lullubi co-belligerant Elam. Neo-Sumerian Empire. Ur; Inconclusive: Tribal invasions from Western Iran to Sumer are stopped. Elamyte conquest of Sumer [12] [13] (Circa ...
The Sumerian King List recounts "En-me(n)-barage-si, the one who carried away as he spoiled the weapons of the land of Elam, became king." A tradition of the Kishite expansion into the Susiana and Iranian plateau is reflected in an inscription of an ED II king of Kish named Enna-il, which commemorates his military operations in Elam. [25]