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== The Old Babylonian Kingdom ==

== The Old Babylonian Kingdom ==

After the fall of teh Akkadian empire in the late 2100s BC, the Amorites were able to cross the Euphrates and penetrate deeper into Mesopotamia. The Amorites main obstacle was the new UR dynasty that blocked them away from their water resources and pasture. However, UR was also engaged in a long war vs the [[Gutians]] that left them weak and unable to stop the East Canaanite Amorites. In 1959 BC the Amorites seized Babylon, 9years later UR will be destroyed by the Elamites, the following year the Amorites expelled The Elamites extending their territory to Southern Mesopotamia.

After the fall of the Akkadian empire in the late 2100s BC, the Amorites were able to cross the Euphrates and penetrate deeper into Mesopotamia. The Amorites main obstacle was the new UR dynasty that blocked them away from their water resources and pasture. However, UR was also engaged in a long war vs the [[Gutians]] that left them weak and unable to stop the East Canaanite Amorites. In 1959 BC the Amorites seized Babylon, 9years later UR will be destroyed by the Elamites, the following year the Amorites expelled The Elamites extending their territory to Southern Mesopotamia.

==The Expansion under Hammurabi==

==The Expansion under Hammurabi==