Emutbal was the name of a region in ancient Mesopotamia, located to the east of the Tigris, stretching from the ancient city of Šar-Sin to Marud.[1][2][3] In 1834 B.C.E. Kudur-Mabuk, the Amorite king, ruled the land.[4] In 1784 B.C.E. the country was conquered by the Babylonian king Hammurabi.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Schwartz, Glenn M. (2013). An Amorite Global Village: Syrian-Mesopotamian Relations in the Second Millennium B.C. (Cultures in Contact: From Mesopotamia to the Mediterranean in the Second Millennium B.C. ed.). New Haven and London: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York \ Yale University Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-1-58839-475-0. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  2. ↑ Horowitz, Wayne (1998). Mesopotamian Cosmic Geography. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns. p. 84. ISBN 0-931464-99-4. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  3. ↑ Delaporte, L. (11 October 2013). Mesopotamia (4 ed.). Oxford and New York: Routledge. p. 41. ISBN 0-415-15588-6. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
  4. ↑ McIntosh, Jane (2005). Ancient Mesopotamia: New Perspectives (1 ed.). Santa Barbara, Denver, Oxford: ABC-CLIO. p. 85. ISBN 1-57607-965-1. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  5. ↑ DISCovering Biography. "Hammurabi". Student Resources in Context. Gale Group. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
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