Awan dynasty
| Awan dynasty Dynasty of Peli | |
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A map of the Near East detailing the geopolitical situation in the region during the Awan dynasty c.โ2600 BC occupied by various contemporaneous archaeological cultures and/or civilizations such as those of the:
A clickable map of the present-day Islamic Republic of Iran detailing the locations of various ancient, archaeological sites, settlements, hamlets, villages, towns, and/or cities (and the approximated locations of six lost cities: Akkad, Akshak, Urua, Hidali, Hurti, and Kimash; also, the two lost capital cities of the Elamite Empire: Awan and Shimashki) that may have been visited, interacted and traded with, invaded, conquered, destroyed, occupied, colonized by and/or otherwise within the Elamitesโ sphere of influence at some point temp. the dynasty of Awan. | |
| Parent family | Early Elamite kings |
| Country | Elam |
| Current region | Western Iran |
| Earlier spellings | lugal-e-ne a-wa-anki |
| Etymology | Kings of Awan |
| Place of origin | Asia |
| Founded | c.โ2400 BC (c. 2600 BC) |
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| Final ruler | Puzur-Inshushinak (r.โc. 2100 BC) |
| Final head | Luh-ishan (d.โc.โ2325 BC) |
| Historic seat | Awan |
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| Connected families | Sukkalmah dynasty |
| Traditions | Elamite religion |
| Estate(s) | Godin Tepe |
| Dissolution | c.โ2015 BC |
| Deposition | c.โ2450 BC |
| Cadet branches | Shimashki dynasty |
The Elamites remained a major source of tension for the Sumerians, Akkadians, Amorites, Assyrians, Babylonians, and Kassites millennia after the supposed victory of the Awan dynasty over the first dynasty of Ur c.โ2600 โ c.โ2340 BC as described on the Sumerian King List (SKL). | |
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The Awan dynasty was the first dynasty of Elam of which very little of anything is known todayโappearing at the dawn of recorded history. The dynasty corresponds to the early part of the first Paleo-Elamite period (dated to c.โ2400 โ c.โ2015 BC); additionally, succeeded by the Shimashki (c.โ2200 โ c.โ1980 BC) and Sukkalmah dynasties (c.โ1980 โ c.โ1450 BC). The Elamites were likely major rivals of neighboring Sumer from remotest antiquityโthey were said to have been defeated by Enmebaragesi of Kish c.โ2750 BCโwho is the earliest archaeologically attested king named on the Sumerian King List (SKL); moreover, by a later monarch, Eannatum of Lagash c.โ2450 BC. Awan was a city-state or possibly a region of Elam whose precise location is not certain; but, it has been variously conjectured to have been within the: Ilam and/or Fars provinces of what is today known as the Islamic Republic of Iran, to the north of Susa (in south Luristan), close to Dezful (in Khuzestan), or Godin Tepe (in the Kermanshah province).