Isin dynasty
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The Isin dynasty was an ancient Mesopotamian ruling house that controlled the city-state of Isin and surrounding regions in southern Iraq during the early second millennium BCE, following the collapse of the Ur III empire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Isin dynasty canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8926118 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Isin dynasty Context triple: [Ur III dynasty, followedBy, Isin dynasty]
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Buyid dynasty
The Buyid dynasty was a powerful Iranian Shia ruling family that controlled much of Iraq and Iran in the 10th–11th centuries, exerting significant political and cultural influence during the Islamic Golden Age.
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B.
Salian dynasty
The Salian dynasty was a medieval German royal house that produced a line of Holy Roman Emperors who ruled much of Central Europe in the 11th and early 12th centuries.
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C.
Mermnad dynasty
The Mermnad dynasty was an ancient royal house that ruled Lydia in western Anatolia, most famously under King Croesus, until its conquest by the Persian Empire in the 6th century BCE.
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D.
Ly dynasty
The Ly dynasty was a Vietnamese royal dynasty (1009–1225) that established Đại Việt’s independence and prosperity, with its capital at Thăng Long, laying the foundations for Hanoi’s historic Old Quarter.
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E.
Mendesian Dynasty
The Mendesian Dynasty was a short-lived late period ruling house of ancient Egypt that governed from the city of Mendes in the 4th century BCE.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Isin dynasty Target entity description: The Isin dynasty was an ancient Mesopotamian ruling house that controlled the city-state of Isin and surrounding regions in southern Iraq during the early second millennium BCE, following the collapse of the Ur III empire.
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A.
Buyid dynasty
The Buyid dynasty was a powerful Iranian Shia ruling family that controlled much of Iraq and Iran in the 10th–11th centuries, exerting significant political and cultural influence during the Islamic Golden Age.
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B.
Salian dynasty
The Salian dynasty was a medieval German royal house that produced a line of Holy Roman Emperors who ruled much of Central Europe in the 11th and early 12th centuries.
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C.
Mermnad dynasty
The Mermnad dynasty was an ancient royal house that ruled Lydia in western Anatolia, most famously under King Croesus, until its conquest by the Persian Empire in the 6th century BCE.
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D.
Ly dynasty
The Ly dynasty was a Vietnamese royal dynasty (1009–1225) that established Đại Việt’s independence and prosperity, with its capital at Thăng Long, laying the foundations for Hanoi’s historic Old Quarter.
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E.
Mendesian Dynasty
The Mendesian Dynasty was a short-lived late period ruling house of ancient Egypt that governed from the city of Mendes in the 4th century BCE.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Mesopotamian dynasty
ⓘ
city-state dynasty ⓘ ruling house ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSite | Ishan al-Bahriyat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Isin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Elam
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Larsa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | ancient Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| currency | silver by weight ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
agriculture
ⓘ
irrigation farming ⓘ |
| endTime | circa 1794 BCE ⓘ |
| era | Isin-Larsa period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod | early second millennium BCE ⓘ |
| followedBy |
First Dynasty of Babylon
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Larsa dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows |
Third Dynasty of Ur
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ur III dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentForm | monarchy ⓘ |
| hasKing |
Bur-Sin of Isin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Damiq-ilishu NERFINISHED ⓘ Enlil-bani NERFINISHED ⓘ Iddin-Dagan NERFINISHED ⓘ Ishbi-Erra NERFINISHED ⓘ Ishme-Dagan of Isin NERFINISHED ⓘ Iter-pisha NERFINISHED ⓘ Larsa-contemporary Rim-Sin I (as rival)? NERFINISHED ⓘ Lipit-Ishtar NERFINISHED ⓘ Shu-ilishu NERFINISHED ⓘ Sîn-magir NERFINISHED ⓘ Ur-Ninurta NERFINISHED ⓘ Ur-du-kuga NERFINISHED ⓘ Zambiya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
continuation of Sumerian cultural traditions
ⓘ
law code of Lipit-Ishtar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Akkadian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sumerian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Isin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
southern Iraq ⓘ southern Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| namedAfter | city of Isin ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of Babylonia
ⓘ
history of Sumer ⓘ |
| precededBy | Ur III empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Lower Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Mesopotamian polytheism ⓘ |
| startTime | circa 2017 BCE ⓘ |
| territoryIncludes |
city-state of Isin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
parts of southern Babylonia ⓘ |
| usedWritingSystem | cuneiform ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Isin dynasty Description of subject: The Isin dynasty was an ancient Mesopotamian ruling house that controlled the city-state of Isin and surrounding regions in southern Iraq during the early second millennium BCE, following the collapse of the Ur III empire.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.