The dominant city-state of Mesopotamia immediately after the fall of the Third Dynasty of Ur, Isin maintained Sumerian scribal and religious traditions and competed fiercely with Larsa for control of the region.
Conquered by the city-state of Larsa under king Rim-Sin I c. 1793 BCE, ending the First Dynasty of Isin's century-long dominance over southern Mesopotamia; the wider Isin-Larsa period ended with Hammurabi of Babylon's conquest of Larsa in 1763 BCE.
The atlas holds 3 border frames for Isin (First Dynasty) — the shape you scrub through changes in 2017 BC · 1999 BC · 1894 BC.
Covers the Isin-Larsa period in detail, situating Isin's rise and decline within post-Ur III Mesopotamian politics.
Era/regional survey of Mesopotamia covering the Isin-Larsa period after the fall of Ur III.
Era/regional study of Babylonian and Assyrian civilization that frames the scribal and religious traditions Isin sought to preserve.