Rim-Sin I ruled the ancient Near East city-state of Larsa from 1758 BC to 1699 BC (in short chronology) or 1822 BC to 1763 BC (middle chronology). His sister En-ane-du was high priestess of the moon god in Ur. Rim-Sin I was a contemporary of Hammurabi of Babylon and Irdanene of Uruk. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

[edit] Reign

Rim-Sin’s reign of Larsa started sometime around 1822 B.C. (in middle chronology). The first thing he did was to expand Larsa. By 1804 the city was so big that the other cities were worried about its growth. The king of Isin, the ruler of Uruk, and the chief of Babylon campaigned against Rim-Sin.

Rim-Sin destroyed their army and took over Isin. By 1794 B.C. Rim-Sin had taken over half of ancient Mesopotamia. In 1787 the Babylon king Hammurabi attacked Isin and took it over.

In 1764 B.C. Hammurabi turned against Rim-Sin, who, for the past years had been neutral against Hammurabi. After six months Larsa fell. Rim-Sin was taken prisoner and died there-after. ^[4]

[edit] See also

Ancient Near East portal

• Chronology of the ancient Near East

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Rim-Sin I Year Names at CDLI