Amorite dynasty of Mari
E382038
The Amorite dynasty of Mari was a powerful Bronze Age ruling house that controlled the ancient city-state of Mari on the Euphrates and played a key role in the political and commercial networks of Mesopotamia.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Amorite dynasty of Mari canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3698061 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Amorite dynasty of Mari Context triple: [Amorites, foundedDynasty, Amorite dynasty of Mari]
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Amorite dynasty of Larsa
The Amorite dynasty of Larsa was a powerful ruling house in the ancient Mesopotamian city-state of Larsa, noted for its role in regional politics and rivalry with Babylon during the early second millennium BCE.
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Kassite period
The Kassite period was a phase in Mesopotamian history (c. 16th–12th centuries BCE) when the Kassite dynasty ruled Babylonia, overseeing a stable, long-lasting regime marked by administrative continuity, religious patronage, and extensive cultural and diplomatic ties across the Near East.
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Sargonid dynasty
The Sargonid dynasty was an Assyrian royal house that ruled the Neo-Assyrian Empire at its height in the late 8th and 7th centuries BCE, overseeing major military expansions and monumental building projects.
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Akkadian Empire
The Akkadian Empire was an ancient Mesopotamian state, traditionally considered the world’s first empire, that unified various Sumerian and Semitic-speaking cities under a centralized rule in the late 3rd millennium BCE.
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Akkad
Akkad was an ancient Mesopotamian city and region best known as the center of the Akkadian Empire, one of the world’s earliest great empires.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Amorite dynasty of Mari Target entity description: The Amorite dynasty of Mari was a powerful Bronze Age ruling house that controlled the ancient city-state of Mari on the Euphrates and played a key role in the political and commercial networks of Mesopotamia.
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A.
Amorite dynasty of Larsa
The Amorite dynasty of Larsa was a powerful ruling house in the ancient Mesopotamian city-state of Larsa, noted for its role in regional politics and rivalry with Babylon during the early second millennium BCE.
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B.
Kassite period
The Kassite period was a phase in Mesopotamian history (c. 16th–12th centuries BCE) when the Kassite dynasty ruled Babylonia, overseeing a stable, long-lasting regime marked by administrative continuity, religious patronage, and extensive cultural and diplomatic ties across the Near East.
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C.
Sargonid dynasty
The Sargonid dynasty was an Assyrian royal house that ruled the Neo-Assyrian Empire at its height in the late 8th and 7th centuries BCE, overseeing major military expansions and monumental building projects.
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D.
Akkadian Empire
The Akkadian Empire was an ancient Mesopotamian state, traditionally considered the world’s first empire, that unified various Sumerian and Semitic-speaking cities under a centralized rule in the late 3rd millennium BCE.
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E.
Akkad
Akkad was an ancient Mesopotamian city and region best known as the center of the Akkadian Empire, one of the world’s earliest great empires.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bronze Age polity
ⓘ
dynasty ⓘ ruling house ⓘ |
| administrativeLanguage | Akkadian ⓘ |
| approximateEndDate | c. 1761 BCE ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSite | Tell Hariri ⓘ |
| capital | Mari ⓘ |
| culturalSphere | Syro-Mesopotamian ⓘ |
| destroyedBy |
Hammurabi
ⓘ
surface form:
Hammurabi of Babylon
|
| endCause | conquest by Babylon ⓘ |
| endEvent | destruction of Mari by Hammurabi ⓘ |
| engagedIn |
diplomacy
ⓘ
long-distance trade ⓘ |
| ethnicComposition | Amorites ⓘ |
| flourishedInCentury |
18th century BCE
ⓘ
19th century BCE ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod |
Old Babylonian Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Old Babylonian period
|
| governanceForm | monarchy ⓘ |
| hadRelationsWith |
Assyria
ⓘ
Babylon ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonia
Eshnunna ⓘ Kingdom of Yamkhad ⓘ Qatna ⓘ |
| hasNotableKing | Zimri-Lim ⓘ |
| hasRuler |
Sumu-Yamam
ⓘ
Yaggid-Lim ⓘ Yahdun-Lim ⓘ Zimri-Lim ⓘ |
| knownFor |
commercial networks in Mesopotamia
ⓘ
diplomatic correspondence with other Near Eastern states ⓘ political influence in Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| language |
Akkadian
ⓘ
Amorites ⓘ
surface form:
Amorite
|
| lastRuler | Zimri-Lim ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mari
ⓘ
Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ ancient Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| locatedOn |
Euphrates
ⓘ
surface form:
Euphrates River
|
| partOf |
Bronze Age Mesopotamia
ⓘ
surface form:
Bronze Age Near East
|
| playedRoleIn | balance of power in Old Babylonian Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | city-state ⓘ |
| predecessorPolity | earlier dynasties of Mari ⓘ |
| region |
Euphrates
ⓘ
surface form:
Middle Euphrates
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| religion | Mesopotamian polytheism ⓘ |
| sourceOfKnowledge | Mari archives ⓘ |
| tradeNetwork |
Euphrates trade routes
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Syro-Mesopotamian trade ⓘ |
| usedWritingSystem | cuneiform ⓘ |
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Subject: Amorite dynasty of Mari Description of subject: The Amorite dynasty of Mari was a powerful Bronze Age ruling house that controlled the ancient city-state of Mari on the Euphrates and played a key role in the political and commercial networks of Mesopotamia.
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