Amurru

Amurru was a state in Levant (Middle East) that lasted from c. 1350 to 1200 BCE, about 150 years. The timeline colours it by the language of its rulers: Semitic (Akkadian, Amorite, Aramaic, Hebrew, Phoenician, Ge'ez, Amharic, Tigrinya).

Late Bronze Age kingdom between the Middle Orontes and the central Levantine coast, first documented under Abdi-Ashirta in the 14th century BCE. Aziru defected from Egypt to the Hittites. Amurru disappears from the record in the Bronze Age collapse around 1200 BCE.

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Facts

Dates

c. 1350 to 1200 BCE

Duration

150 years

Type

State

Region

Levant, Middle East

Language of its rulers

Semitic

Capital

Sumur

Sources

The dates and description above were checked against Wikipedia: Amurru kingdom.

Events in Middle East during its time

• 1274 BCE Battle of Kadesh
• 1200 BCE Late Bronze Age collapse

Neighbours in Middle East

• Hittite Empire (New Kingdom) c. 1400 to 1190 BCE
• Phoenician city-states c. 1200 to 332 BCE
• Middle Assyrian Empire c. 1363 to 912 BCE
• Kassite Babylonia c. 1595 to 1155 BCE
• Middle Elamite period c. 1500 to 1100 BCE
• Mitanni c. 1550 to 1260 BCE
• Dilmun c. 2800 to 538 BCE
• Troy c. 3000 to 1180 BCE
• Byblos c. 3000 to 1200 BCE
• Moab c. 1300 to 582 BCE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Shang dynasty c. 1600 to 1046 BCE, East Asia
• New Kingdom of Egypt c. 1550 to 1069 BCE, North and West Africa

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