Silli-Adad

king of Larsa

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Silli-Adad was a king of Larsa, an ancient capital city of Babylonia, located in modern-day Iraq. He reigned for only one year around 1835 BC, during a period when Larsa was vying for dominance with the rival city of Isin. Silli-Adad was deposed by Kutur-Mabuk, an Elamite, who then installed his own son, Warad-Sin, as king of Larsa. Despite Silli-Adad's brief reign, Larsa experienced a prosperous period under Warad-Sin and his successor, Rim-Sin, marked by flourishing agriculture, trade, and the arts. This era of prosperity eventually ended when Hammurabi of Babylon conquered Larsa in 1763 BC.12

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…12th king of the dynasty, Silli-Adad (c. 1835), reigned for only a year and was then deposed by a powerful Elamite, Kutur-Mabuk, who installed his son Warad-Sin (1834–23) as king. This act apparently caused little disruption in the economic life of Larsa, and this was in fact a most prosperous…
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…12th king of the dynasty, Silli-Adad (c. 1835), reigned for only a year and was then deposed by a powerful Elamite, Kutur-Mabuk, who installed his son Warad-Sin (1834–23) as king. This act apparently caused little disruption in the economic life of Larsa, and this was in fact a most prosperous…
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