Polity Lullubi Kingdom

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Was an Akkadian kingdom in the Sharazor plain of the Zagros Mountains of modern Iran.

Establishment

  • January 2299 BC: The Lullubi were a group of pre-Iranian tribes during the 3rd millennium BC, from a region known as Lulubum, now the Sharazor plain of the Zagros Mountains of modern Iraqi Kurdistan.

Chronology

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1. Naram-Sin´s Campaign on the Lullubi

Was a military campaign of Naram-Sin of Akkad, ruler of the Akkadian Empire.

  • January 2229 BC: Akkadian invasion of the Lullubi Kingdom. Victory Stele of Naram-Sin depicts Akkadian King Naram-Sin's triumph over Satuni, chief of Lullubi in the Zagros Mountains.
  • February 2229 BC: Akkadian invasion of the Lullubi Kingdom. Victory Stele of Naram-Sin depicts Akkadian King Naram-Sin's triumph over Satuni, chief of Lullubi in the Zagros Mountains.

Disestablishment

  • January 2046 BC: The military campaigns of Shulgi (King of the Third Dynasty of Ur or Neo-Sumerian Empire) resulted in victories in the region of Upper Tigris and Western Zagros (Arbeles, Simurrum, Lullubum, Kimash, etc.), and Elam (Anshan).

Selected Sources

  • Campbell, Lyle (2017-10-03). Language Isolates. Routledge. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-317-61091-5.
  • Potts, Daniel T. (2014). Nomadism in Iran: From Antiquity to the Modern Era. Oxford University Press. p. 36
  • Speiser, Ephraim Avigdor (2017-01-30). Mesopotamian Origins: The Basic Population of the Near East. University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 90.
  • Victory Stele of Naram-Sin