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.

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Isin dynasty canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Mesopotamian dynasty
city-state dynasty
ruling house
archaeologicalSite Ishan al-Bahriyat
capital Isin
conflictWith Elam
Larsa
country ancient Mesopotamia
currency silver by weight
economyBasedOn agriculture
irrigation farming
endTime circa 1794 BCE
era Isin-Larsa period
flourishedInPeriod early second millennium BCE
followedBy First Dynasty of Babylon
Larsa dynasty
follows Third Dynasty of Ur
Ur III dynasty
governmentForm monarchy
hasKing Bur-Sin of Isin
Damiq-ilishu
Enlil-bani
Iddin-Dagan
Ishbi-Erra
linked to: Ishbi-Erra of Isin

Ishme-Dagan of Isin
linked to: Ishme-Dagan I

Iter-pisha
Larsa-contemporary Rim-Sin I (as rival)?
linked to: Rim-Sin I

Lipit-Ishtar
Shu-ilishu
Sîn-magir
Ur-Ninurta
Ur-du-kuga
Zambiya
knownFor continuation of Sumerian cultural traditions
law code of Lipit-Ishtar
languageUsed Akkadian
Sumerian
locatedIn Isin
southern Iraq
southern Mesopotamia
namedAfter city of Isin
partOf history of Babylonia
history of Sumer
precededBy Ur III empire
linked to: Ur III period
region Lower Mesopotamia
religion Mesopotamian polytheism
startTime circa 2017 BCE
territoryIncludes city-state of Isin
parts of southern Babylonia
usedWritingSystem cuneiform

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Ur III dynasty followedBy Isin dynasty
Ibbi-Sin successorState Isin dynasty
Amorite dynasty of Larsa rival Isin dynasty
Adab laterControlledBy Isin dynasty
Isin-Larsa period hasPart Isin dynasty