Amorites

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Semitic people ancient people

The Amorites were an ancient Semitic people prominent in the Near East during the early second millennium BCE, known for establishing powerful kingdoms such as Babylon and for their presence in regions including Canaan and Mesopotamia.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Amorite 1
Girgashites 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Semitic people ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ
associatedLanguage Akkadian ⓘ
surface form: Akkadian language

Amorite language ⓘ
capitalCity Babylon ⓘ
conflictWith Akkadian successors ⓘ
Sumer ⓘ
surface form: Sumerian city-states
continent Asia ⓘ
culturalInfluenceOn Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Old Babylonian culture

Canaanite religion ⓘ
surface form: Syro-Mesopotamian religion
declinePeriod late second millennium BCE ⓘ
deity Amurru ⓘ
Dagan ⓘ
Inanna ⓘ
surface form: Ishtar

Marduk ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ
trade ⓘ
ethnicity Semitic peoples ⓘ
surface form: Semitic
ethnonymInAkkadian Amurru ⓘ
floruit early second millennium BCE ⓘ
foundedDynasty Amorite dynasty of Larsa ⓘ
Amorite dynasty of Mari ⓘ
Amorite dynasty of Qatna ⓘ
Amorite dynasty of Yamkhad ⓘ
Old Babylonian Empire ⓘ
surface form: First Babylonian Dynasty
integratedInto Assyrian population ⓘ
Babylonian population ⓘ
knownFor appearance in Biblical texts ⓘ
appearance in Old Babylonian texts ⓘ
establishing powerful kingdoms in Mesopotamia ⓘ
migration into Mesopotamia from the west ⓘ
presence in Canaanite city-states ⓘ
role in the rise of Babylon ⓘ
languageFamily Semitic languages ⓘ
mentionedIn Akkadian royal inscriptions ⓘ
Book of Deuteronomy ⓘ
Book of Genesis ⓘ
Mari letters ⓘ
Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament
notableRuler Hammurabi ⓘ
Rim-Sin I ⓘ
Shamshi-Adad I ⓘ
Sumu-abum ⓘ
Sumu-la-El ⓘ
Zimri-Lim ⓘ
originDirection west of Mesopotamia ⓘ
politicalStructure city-state kingdoms ⓘ
territorial kingdoms ⓘ
region Ancient Near East ⓘ
Canaan ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
religion ancient Mesopotamian religion ⓘ
timePeriod Early Bronze Age ⓘ
Middle Bronze Age ⓘ
traditionalHomeland Syria ⓘ
upper Euphrates region ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Canaan → associatedPeople → Amorites ⓘ
Babylon → foundedBy → Amorites ⓘ
Northwest Semitic → hasMember → Amorites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amorite
Perizzites → mentionedAlongside → Amorites ⓘ
Jebusites → neighboringPeoples → Amorites ⓘ
Canaanites → subgroupIncludes → Amorites ⓘ
Canaanites → subgroupIncludes → Amorites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Girgashites