Shimashki dynasty Šimaški dynasty | |
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Dynasty | |
Parent family | Awan dynasty |
Country | Elam |
Earlier spellings | lugal-e-ne si-mash-giki |
Etymology | Kings of the country of Simashgi |
Founded | c. 2220 – c. 2015 BC |
Founder |
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Final ruler | Indattu-Inshushinak II (r. c. 1970 BC) |
Final head | Eparti II (m. c. 1973 BC) |
Historic seat | Shimashki |
Titles | List
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Connected families | Sukkalmah dynasty |
Dissolution | c. 1980 – c. 1790 BC |
Deposition | c. 1980 – c. 1830 BC |
The Elamites remained a major source of tension for the Sumerians, Akkadians, Amorites, Assyrians, Babylonians, and Kassites centuries after Kindattu’s victory over Ibbi-Sin from the third dynasty of Ur c. 2004 BC and Kindattu’s subsequent defeat by Ishbi-Erra from the dynasty of Isin c. 2001 BC. |
History of Greater Iran |
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The Shimashki dynasty[a] was an early dynasty of the ancient region of Elam, to the southeast of Babylonia, (c. 2100 – c. 1900 BC).[1] A list of twelve kings of Shimashki is found in the Elamite king-list of Susa, which also contains a list of kings of Awan dynasty.[2] It is uncertain how historically accurate the list is (and whether it reflects a chronological order[3]), although some of its kings can be corroborated by their appearance in the records of neighboring peoples.[2] The dynasty corresponds to the second Paleo-Elamite period (dated to c. 2015 – c. 1880 BC). It was followed by the Sukkalmah dynasty. Shimashki was likely near today's Masjed Soleyman.
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