Polity Neo-Sumerian Empire

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Was a Kingdom that ruled over large parts of Sumer (southern Iraq) and was centered in the city of Ur.

Establishment

  • January 2123 BC: Lagash was absorbed into the Neo-Sumerian Empire as one of its prime provinces.

Chronology

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1. Fall of the Gutian dynasty

Fall of the Gutians, a dynasty that ruled over Mesopotamia.

  • January 2118 BC: The last Gutian King, Tirigan, was defeated by king Utukhegal who founded the Neo-Sumerian Empire.

2. Campaigns of Puzur-Ashur I

Military campaigns of Assyrian king Puzur-Ashur I.

  • January 2049 BC: The Third Dynasty of Ur ruled Assyria until about 2050 BC, when it became independent.
  • January 2049 BC: Erbil was part of Assyria from around 2050 BC.
  • January 2024 BC: From approximately 2025 BC, Assyria was again an independent kingdom, ruled by a king named Puzur-Ashur I.

3. Fall of the Neo-Sumerian Empire

The Elamites invaded the Neo-Sumerian Empire and conquered it.

  • January 1939 BC: By 1940 BC the Neo-Sumerian Empire had collapsed at the hands of the Elamite Kingdom.

4. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

  • January 2111 BC: The Neo-Sumerian Empire (about 2112 BC to 2004 BC) ruled Assyria as far north as Assur (but not Nineveh).
  • 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).
  • January 2003 BC: After the Elamite Sack of Ur (2004 BC) Eshnunna became independent from the Neo-Sumerian Empire. The secession was led by a renegade governor of Amorite origin.
  • January 2003 BC: In 2004 BC, the Elamites, allied with the people of Susa and led by king Kindattu, the sixth king of Simashki, managed to sack Ur.
  • January 2003 BC: When the deteriorating Third Dynasty of Ur finally collapsed at the hands of the Elamites at the end of the third millennium BC, one of the Neo-Sumerian governmental officials, Ishbi-Erra, relocated from Ur to Isin, another city in the south of Mesopotamia, and established himself as a ruler there.
  • January 1999 BC: Simurrum was an important state of the Mesopotamian from around 2000 BC to 1500 BC.
  • January 1999 BC: The city of Kurda was the center Amorite Numha tribe. It controlled a small area and included the nearby city of Kasapa.

Disestablishment

  • January 1939 BC: By 1940 BC the Neo-Sumerian Empire had collapsed at the hands of the Elamite Kingdom.