Mesopotamia Ur and Isin dynasties (2112-1924 BC) | History of God ep9
Channel: Christian Perspective
Date: 2021-03-14

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This is the 9th episode in a series about the bible and history called the History of God 

This video looks at the Ur and Isin dynasties of lower Mesopotamia (2112bc to 1924 BC). 
  After the death of Naram-sin and the collapse of the Akkadian kingdom, the land of Sumer saw relative peace for about 50 years. Then a foreign invader named Gudea from the Iranian plateau in the north dominated a few of the cities of Sumer for a twenty year span. 
       Trade had been disrupted by the fall of Narim-sin in 2218. The Kingdom of Accad had provided steady lucrative trade for over 100 years since it was founded by Sargon the great. Now things have come to a halt, there was not enough wealth to buy the amounts of goods that had normally been brought from Africa and Egypt and further through trade routes. When the trade created by Accad stopped, people followed the trade to find out why it stopped and they became stuck at Accad because they couldnt sell the goods they had transported and now had to transport them home or stay and try to sell them. 
          We spoke about the city of Lagash in episode 4. This is where the oldest known law was created by Uru-Kagina the king of Lagash, his city, Lagash, was destroyed by Lugal-Zagaski, the last king of Uruk whom Sargon killed when he founded the Akkadian kingdom.
 And now 100 years later there was an arrangement made between the city of Lagash and Gauda to bring trade into Sumer and dominate the region, this also would have affected the trade from Aleppo and Arabia causing people to migrate along the paths. Gauda would dominate trade in Sumer for 20 years until

Ur Dynasty ( 2112-2004)
 The King of Uruk, Utu-Hegal (2123-2113), a Sumerian, rebelled against the Gutians in 2112 pushing them out of his city. Utu-Hegal  ruled in Urik for 10 years.  Ur-Nammu (2112-2095)  governor over the city of Ur, overthrew the king of Urik and took the title "King of Ur" he also claimed the title “King of Sumer and Accad” . He is the first king of the Ur dynasty. He began his campaign by defeating Namhani the king of Lagash who had traded with the Gutians. He then pushed the Guitans out of Sumer. 
 After Ur-Nammu fell in battle in 2095 his son, Shulgi (2094-2047) built infrastructure such as canals he brought about civil order through centers of learning.  He organized better trade in the region. 
 He then met Elam in war to protect his trade and expanded his kingdom by capturing the city of Suza from the Elamites along with it’s surrounding cities. 
      The son of Shulgi, Aram-Sin (2046-2038) continued the administration of his father bringing the Ur dynasty to the zenith of Sumerian power with a vast amount of trade being linked through Suza and onto the Silk road as well as being linked to the upper Euphrates routes which linked with the Mediterranean sea.  
 Shu-Sin (2037-2029) was the brother of Aram-Sin, he succeeded him in 2038. He built a great temple to himself and dedicated it to ‘the divine Shu-Sin' at the city of Eshnunna, a Sumerian city near Suza.
 Ibbi-Sin (2028-2004) the son of Shu-Sin and the last ruler of the Ur dynasty first lost the important  city of Suza who revolted, followed by Eshnunna who also revolted after a dispute concerning Shu-Sin's deity and his temple at Eshnunna. 
    Ishbi-Ira (2017-1985), an Akkadian governor of Isin, then revolted and took three of the most important cities with him; Nippur, Urik and Eridu. This move by the king of Isin begins the Isin dynasty who picked up the trade when the Ur dynasty fell. With the Ur dynasty weakening the Elamites attacked and burned Ur to the ground in 2004. Ibi-Sin the last ruler of the Ur dynasty was taken prisoner to Elam along with Nanna the crescent moon of Ur.

Ishme-Dagan (1953-1935) the next ruler attacked the city of Kish a small city state but was repelled. Ishbe-dagan became known as the king who set justice in the land.
Lipit-Ishtar (1934-1924), the last king of the Isin dynasty, produced a law-code containing 43 articles, an epilogue and a prologue. Lipit-Ishtar was killed by Gungunum (1932-1906), king of Larsa.in 1924.