KURDA
![](Map_of_Mesopotamia,_1770_BCE_.jpg)
Map
of Mesopotamia in 1770 BCE
Kurda,
was an ancient city-state and kingdom located in Northern Mesopotamia.
Kurda emerged during the Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia) and
is attested in the administrative texts of this era as a city state
and geographical territory in Upper Mesopotamia corresponding to
modern northern Iraq. The city-state of Kurda is again attested
by the Akkadian king Naram Sin in 23rd century BCE in his military
campaigns in the land of Subarians. Various Archives of Mari around
18th century BCE mention Kurda as an independent Kingdom, sometimes
in alliance with Babylon and sometimes allied with Mari. Kurda is
also mentioned in the Tell Fekheriye tablets of the Assyrian kings
Šalmaneser I (1263–1234 BC) and Tukulti-Ninurta I (1233–1198
BC), as one of the conquered territories in the Mitnnian Empire.
Location
:
At its height the kingdom might have stretched from the Upper Khabur
basin in what is today north-eastern Syria, to the steppes of Sinjar
mountain, modern north-western Iraq. The capital city's location
is debated; it was either located to south of Sinjar mountain, or
along the Khabur river.
Population
and history :
![](Third_Mari.png)
Political
situation in 1764 BC
The
city was the Amorite Numha tribe's center, it controlled a small
area and included the nearby city of Kasapa. The east Semitic deity
Nergal was Kurda's chief god.
In
the 18th century BC, Kurda was involved in a military dispute with
the neighboring kingdom of Andarig, which ended in peace. However,
Kurda was later subdued by Andarig and its master, the king of Elam.
The kingdom tried switching its loyalty to Babylon but was stopped
by the Elamites who were defeated by a Babylonian-Mariote alliance
in 1764 BC, giving Kurda the chance to form an alliance with the
kingdom of Apum to face Andarig. Kurda annexed the city of Ashihum,
then became a vassal of Babylon, and ended its relation with Mari
in response to the latter role in supporting Andarig.
Rulers
:
Simah-ilane
Bunu-Estar
Hammurabi
: Middle 18th century BC
Ashtamar-Adad
Source
:
https://en.wikipedia.org/
wiki/Kurda