Ancient Babylonia - Larsa
Ancient city of S Babylonia, in modern Iraq, 30 miles NW of An Nasiriyah. It
was the biblical Ellasar (Gen. 14:1). When the last king of the third dynasty of
Ur was overthrown (1950 B.C.) by the Elamites and Amorites, the cities of Isin
and Larsa were rivals for hegemony in Mesopotamia. In 1763 B.C., Hammurabi
defeated Larsa and succeeded in uniting Babylonia under his power. The city was
dedicated to the sun god, Shamash. Temple libraries and important documents have
been found in the ruins.
Ancient Babylonia
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