Amorites

The Amorites were an ancient people from Syria who used to speak Semitic languages. They also occupied large parts of southern Mesopotamia from the 21st century BC to the end of the 17th century BC. They established several famous city states like Babylon. Babylon was raised from a small town to an independent state and a major city. The term Amurru in Akkadian and Sumerian texts refers to both them and to their main god. They are also mentioned in Bible as resident of Canaan.

Amorites Media

• Cuneiform Clay Tablets from Amorite Kingdom of Mari, 1st Half of 2nd Mill. BC.jpg

  Cuneiform clay tablets from the Amorite Kingdom of Mari, 1st half of the 2nd millennium BC.

• Various Amorite states (Yamhad, Qatna, Mari, Andarig, Babylon and Eshnunna) and Assyria c. 1764 BC

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  Fifteenth dynasty of Egypt of the Hyksos, of whom the Amorites were part.

• Artifacts from Amorite Kingdom of Mari, 1st Half of 2nd Mill. BC.jpg

  Artifacts from Amorite Kingdom of Mari, first half of 2nd millennium BC

• Amorite man from the royal palace adjacent to the temple of Medinet Habu, from the reign of Ramesses III (1182-1151 B.C.).jpg

  One of the Ramesses III prisoner tiles, which is speculated by some scholars to represent an Amorite man.

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  Destruction of the Army of the Amorites by Gustave Doré.

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  Terracotta of a couple, probably Inanna and Dumuzi, Girsu, Amorite period, 2000–1600 BC. Louvre Museum AO 16676.