REL 328: Archaeology and Culture of the Ancient Near East.                                            Name: _______________

Worksheet on Mesopotamian Middle Bronze Age 2000-1600 BCE (for wk 4 – Kuhrt ch. 2)

Intro (pp. 74-75):

2a (pp. 76-80) Isin/Larsa Period (south, 2000-1800):

 Ishbi-Erra

 Ishme-Dagan

 Lipit-Ishtar
(law code - see Kramer)                                           Gungunum (won independence for Larsa)

 ...                                                                              Abisare, Sumu-el >> Nur-Adad
                                                                                  (defeated Isin)   >>   (usurper in Larsa)

                                                                                    ...

                                                                                    Rim-Sin  (contemporary of Hammurabi)

2b (pp. 81-89) Old Assyrian Period – Ashur (north, 2000-1800)

     Sources

     Emergence

     Characterization

            City State

     Shamshi-Adad I -

     Significance of “the city” –

     Significance of “year names” -

2c (pp. 90-95) Old Assyrian Merchant Colonies (Anatolia=Turkey, 1900-1830) –

      Organization

2d (pp. 95-108) Mari (trade route to west, 1810-1760)

     Characterization

            Political Scene

            Kingdom

      Zimri-Lim

      Palace and Archive

2e (pp. 108-116) Old Babylonian dynasty of Hammurabi (1894-1595)

       Rise of Babylon – Hammurabi vs. Shamshi-Adad I (Ashur), Rim Sin (Larsa), Zimri Lim (Mari)

       Characterization (king, country, subjects)

       Hammurabi

        Sources

       Law Code (p. 111, Arnold)

        Decline of Babylon (1595 Hittite Raid)

        Aftermath (Late Bronze Age) –

         Hittite Chaos

         Hurrian Mittanni

         Kassite "Dark Age"