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Conflict Middle East

Gutian Invasion of Akkad

2154 BCE – 2112 BCE · 42 years

Barbarian Gutian tribes from the Zagros Mountains overwhelmed the declining Akkadian Empire, plunging Mesopotamia into a dark age until the Sumerian renaissance under Ur-Nammu.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Gutian tribes
  • Akkadian Empire

Key moments

Defining events in the Gutian Invasion of Akkad.

  1. c. 2154 BC Sack of Akkad
  2. Gutian raids across Sumer

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Image credits6 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
  • Great Pyramid of GizaDouwe C. van der Zee · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Flag of EgyptDerived from Part IV Article (223) of the Constitution of The Arab Republic of Egypt. Col… · Public domain
  • Dead Seaلا روسا · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Semitic peopleJohann Christoph Gatterer · Public domain
  • Wadi RumDaniel Case · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Elam Map-enFile:Near East topographic map-blank.svg : Sémhur File:Elam-map-PL.svg : Wkotwica derivat… · CC BY-SA 3.0