History Amorites
1 history 1.1 effects on mesopotamia 1.2 downfall 1.3 states history in earliest sumerian texts, western lands beyond euphrates, including modern levant, known land of mar.tu (amorites) . term appears in enmerkar , lord of aratta, describes in time of enmerkar 1 of regions inhabited speakers of different language. text known lugalbanda , anzud bird describes how, 50 years enmerkar s reign, martu people arose in sumer , akkad, (southern mesopotamia) necessitating building of wall protect uruk. there sparse mentions in tablets east semitic-speaking kingdom of ebla, dating 2500 bc destruction of city c. 2250 bc: perspective of eblaites, amorites rural group living in narrow basin of middle , upper euphrates in northern syria. akkadian kings of central mesopotamia mar.tu 1 of 4 quarters surrounding akkad, along subartu/assyria, sumer, , elam. naram-sin of akkad records successful campaigns against them in northern syria c. 2240 bc, , successor, shar-kali-sharri, followed suit. by time o...