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.
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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