Ibbi-Sin
Sign in to saveIbbi-Sin (, ; died 2004 BC) was king of Sumer and Akkad and last king of the Ur III dynasty, and reigned c. 2028–2004 BC (Middle chronology). During his reign, the Sumerian empire was attacked repeatedly by Amorites. As faith in Ibbi-Sin's leadership failed, Elam declared its independence and began to raid as well.
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- 2050-00-00
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- Royalty.name
- Ibbi-Sin
- Royalty.title
- King of Sumer and AkkadKing of the Four Corners of the World
- Royalty.reign
- c. 2028 – c. 2004 BC
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- Ibbi-Sin enthroned.jpg
- Royalty.caption
- Ibbi-Sin enthroned, with standing goddess
- Royalty.predecessor
- Shu-Sin
- Royalty.successor
- Position abolished
- Royalty.death_date
- c. 2004 BC
- Royalty.father
- Shu-Sin
- Royalty.dynasty
- Third Dynasty of Ur
- Royalty.succession
- King of Ur
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- 2050 BCE
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- Shu-Sin
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- monarch
- Religion
- Sumerian religion
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- Amorite invasion
- Invasion by Elam
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Ibbi-Sin (, ; died 2004 BC) was king of Sumer and Akkad and last king of the Ur III dynasty, and reigned c. 2028–2004 BC (Middle chronology). During his reign, the Sumerian empire was attacked repeatedly by Amorites. As faith in Ibbi-Sin's leadership failed, Elam declared its independence and began to raid as well.
Ibbi-Sin ordered fortifications built at the important cities of Ur and Nippur, but these efforts were not enough to stop the raids or keep the empire unified. Cities throughout Ibbi-Sin's empire fell away from a king who could not protect them, notably Isin under the Amorite ruler Ishbi-Erra. Ibbi-Sin was, by the end of his kingship, left with only the city of Ur. In 2004 or 1940 BC, Elam, along with "tribesmen from the region of Shimashki in the Zagros Mountains" sacked Ur and took Ibbi-Sin captive; he was taken to the city of Elam where he was imprisoned and, at an unknown date, died.