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Awan dynasty

2700 BC – 2150 BC
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The first attested dynasty of Elam, contemporary with Early Dynastic Sumer, the Awan dynasty contested control of southern Mesopotamia and traded and warred with the Sumerian city-states across the Zagros foothills.

Ended when Ur-Nammu of the Third Dynasty of Ur defeated the last Awan king Puzur-Inshushinak c. 2100 BCE; the Awan dynasty, which had ruled Elam and briefly raided Sumer, was replaced by the Shimashki dynasty as the ruling house of Elam.

Borders in 2250 BC · drawn from 3 sourced border frames
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Borders over time

The atlas holds 3 border frames for Awan dynasty — the shape you scrub through changes in 2700 BC · 2500 BC · 2250 BC.

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