Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps
- List of Text-figures
- Preface
- CHAPTER XVII THE STRUGGLE FOR THE DOMINATION OF SYRIA (1400-1300 B.C.)
- CHAPTER XVIII ASSYRIA AND BABYLON, c. 1370-1300 B.C.
- CHAPTER XIX EGYPT: THE AMARNA PERIOD AND THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH DYNASTY
- CHAPTER XX THE AMARNA LETTERS FROM PALESTINE
- CHAPTER XXI (a) ANATOLIA FROM SHUPPILULIUMASH TO THE EGYPTIAN WAR OF MUWATALLISH
- (b) UGARIT
- (c) TROY VII
- CHAPTER XXII (a) THE EXPANSION OF MYCENAEAN CIVILIZATION
- (b) CYPRUS IN THE LATE BRONZE AGE
- CHAPTER XXIII EGYPT: FROM THE INCEPTION OF THE NINETEENTH DYNASTY TO THE DEATH OF RAMESSES III
- CHAPTER XXIV THE HITTITES AND SYRIA (1300-1200 B.C.)
- CHAPTER XXV ASSYRIAN MILITARY POWER 1300-1200 B.C.
- CHAPTER XXVI (a) PALESTINE IN THE TIME OF THE NINETEENTH DYNASTY: THE EXODUS AND WANDERINGS
- (b) ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE
- CHAPTER XXVII THE RECESSION OF MYCENAEAN CIVILIZATION
- CHAPTER XXVIII THE SEA PEOPLES
- CHAPTER XXIX ELAM c. 1600-1200 B.C.
- CHAPTER XXX PHRYGIA AND THE PEOPLES OF ANATOLIA IN THE IRON AGE
- CHAPTER XXXI ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA, c. 1200-1000 B.C.
- CHAPTER XXXII ELAM AND WESTERN PERSIA, c. 1200-1000 B.C.
- CHAPTER XXXIII SYRIA, THE PHILISTINES, AND PHOENICIA
- CHAPTER XXXIV THE HEBREW KINGDOM
- CHAPTER XXXV EGYPT: FROM THE DEATH OF RAMESSES III TO THE END OF THE TWENTY-FIRST DYNASTY
- CHAPTER XXXVI THE END OF MYCENAEAN CIVILIZATION AND THE DARK AGE
- CHAPTER XXXVII THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN
- CHAPTER XXXVIII GREEK SETTLEMENT IN THE EASTERN AEGEAN AND ASIA MINOR
- CHAPTER XXXIX (a) THE PREHISTORY OF THE GREEK LANGUAGE
- CHAPTER XXXIX (b) THE HOMERIC POEMS AS HISTORY
- CHAPTER XL THE RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY OF THE GREEKS
- BIBLIOGRAPHIES
- Chronological Tables
- Index to Maps
- General Index
- Map 1. Ancient Asia Minor and Northern Mesopotamia
- Map 3. Distribution of Mycenaean sites and remains in Greece and the Aegean
- Map 14. The Western Mediterranean
- References
CHAPTER XXIX - ELAM c. 1600-1200 B.C.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 March 2008
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Maps
- List of Text-figures
- Preface
- CHAPTER XVII THE STRUGGLE FOR THE DOMINATION OF SYRIA (1400-1300 B.C.)
- CHAPTER XVIII ASSYRIA AND BABYLON, c. 1370-1300 B.C.
- CHAPTER XIX EGYPT: THE AMARNA PERIOD AND THE END OF THE EIGHTEENTH DYNASTY
- CHAPTER XX THE AMARNA LETTERS FROM PALESTINE
- CHAPTER XXI (a) ANATOLIA FROM SHUPPILULIUMASH TO THE EGYPTIAN WAR OF MUWATALLISH
- (b) UGARIT
- (c) TROY VII
- CHAPTER XXII (a) THE EXPANSION OF MYCENAEAN CIVILIZATION
- (b) CYPRUS IN THE LATE BRONZE AGE
- CHAPTER XXIII EGYPT: FROM THE INCEPTION OF THE NINETEENTH DYNASTY TO THE DEATH OF RAMESSES III
- CHAPTER XXIV THE HITTITES AND SYRIA (1300-1200 B.C.)
- CHAPTER XXV ASSYRIAN MILITARY POWER 1300-1200 B.C.
- CHAPTER XXVI (a) PALESTINE IN THE TIME OF THE NINETEENTH DYNASTY: THE EXODUS AND WANDERINGS
- (b) ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE
- CHAPTER XXVII THE RECESSION OF MYCENAEAN CIVILIZATION
- CHAPTER XXVIII THE SEA PEOPLES
- CHAPTER XXIX ELAM c. 1600-1200 B.C.
- CHAPTER XXX PHRYGIA AND THE PEOPLES OF ANATOLIA IN THE IRON AGE
- CHAPTER XXXI ASSYRIA AND BABYLONIA, c. 1200-1000 B.C.
- CHAPTER XXXII ELAM AND WESTERN PERSIA, c. 1200-1000 B.C.
- CHAPTER XXXIII SYRIA, THE PHILISTINES, AND PHOENICIA
- CHAPTER XXXIV THE HEBREW KINGDOM
- CHAPTER XXXV EGYPT: FROM THE DEATH OF RAMESSES III TO THE END OF THE TWENTY-FIRST DYNASTY
- CHAPTER XXXVI THE END OF MYCENAEAN CIVILIZATION AND THE DARK AGE
- CHAPTER XXXVII THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN
- CHAPTER XXXVIII GREEK SETTLEMENT IN THE EASTERN AEGEAN AND ASIA MINOR
- CHAPTER XXXIX (a) THE PREHISTORY OF THE GREEK LANGUAGE
- CHAPTER XXXIX (b) THE HOMERIC POEMS AS HISTORY
- CHAPTER XL THE RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY OF THE GREEKS
- BIBLIOGRAPHIES
- Chronological Tables
- Index to Maps
- General Index
- Map 1. Ancient Asia Minor and Northern Mesopotamia
- Map 3. Distribution of Mycenaean sites and remains in Greece and the Aegean
- Map 14. The Western Mediterranean
- References
Summary
REIGNS AND EVENTS
It is generally admitted that after the end of the First Dynasty in Babylon, and following upon the death of Shamshi-Adad I in Assyria, there begins a period of great obscurity. The former abundance of documents ceases as though some catastrophe had paralysed the ordinary life of these countries. No text reveals the true causes of this overthrow, but we know that, with the beginning of this sterile period, there came a fresh and powerful advance towards Mesopotamia of the mountain peoples which had harassed it so long. By this time the Hurrians had settled about the upper reaches of the Tigris, and Kassites from the Zagros had drifted into the Mesopotamian plain as workers.
Tribal groups of these peoples who dwelt on the mountain border were now driven from behind by a new Indo-European influx coming, this time, from the north and north-east. The Hurrians, mingled with Aryans, spread over the area between the bend of the Euphrates and the district of Nuzi, to the east of Assyria, and advanced southwards into Palestine. At the same time the Kassites descended in force and made themselves masters of Babylonia, carrying with them isolated groups of Hurrians, some of whom settled around Nippur, where they are found afterwards. The irruption of these less civilized highlanders is generally considered to be the reason for the sudden cessation of historical sources and for the evident decline of Mesopotamian culture in this period.
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- The Cambridge Ancient History , pp. 379 - 416Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1975