The Middle Chronology of Mesopotamia

In the aftermath of the fall of ar those less cultured nomadic tribes from the west of mesopotamia were semitic speakers. When all was overrunby the elamites, there was a power vacuum that the amorites exploited. The language of suma was still acadian, since it supplanted the sumerian language. Over time, cultural differences between ibi sin and ishbi era brought about tensions between the two men. And as ibi sin's kingdom began to fall apart, ishbi Era was determined to distance himself from his king rather than stand alongside him. Ultimately, as we already know, theElamites invaded or and captured ibisin and took