- The
Amorites (/ˈæməˌraɪts/) were an
ancient Northwest Semitic-speaking
Bronze Age
people from the Levant.
Initially appearing in
Sumerian records c. 2500...
-
Amorite is an
extinct early Semitic language,
formerly spoken during the
Bronze Age by the
Amorite tribes prominent in
ancient Near
Eastern history. It...
-
parts of Kuwait,
Syria and Iran). It
emerged as an Akkadian-po****ted but
Amorite-ruled
state c. 1894 BC.
During the
reign of
Hammurabi and afterwards, Babylonia...
-
Semitic languages. The
others are
Aramaic and the now-extinct
Ugaritic and
Amorite language.
These closely related languages originated in the
Levant and...
- romanized: Ḫâmmurapi; c. 1810 – c. 1750 BC), also
spelled Hammurapi, was the
sixth Amorite king of the Old
Babylonian Empire,
reigning from c. 1792 to c. 1750 BC...
- reasons. A
short time later, Mari
became the
capital of the
Amorite Lim dynasty. The
Amorite Mari
lasted only a
short time
before it was destro**** by Babylonia...
- forgotten,
although some
scholars dispute this.
Lewis connects the name to the
Amorite element yahwi- (ia-wi),
found in
personal names in Mari texts, meaning...
- River.[citation needed] An
Amorite chieftain named Sumu-abum
founded Babylon as an
independent city-state in 1894 BC. One
Amorite king of Babylonia, Hammurabi...
- him with the
territory of the
Amorite homeland. He also
notes parallels between the
biblical narrative and the
Amorite migration into the
Southern Levant...
- chronology).
During his reign, the
Sumerian empire was
attacked repeatedly by
Amorites. As
faith in Ibbi-Sin's
leadership failed, Elam
declared its independence...
