Tell Asmar
| Eshnunna | ||||||||||
| Eshnunna | ||||||||||
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 The extent of Eshnunna's influence c. 1764 BC
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| Capital | Eshnunna | |||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | |||||||||
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| • | c. 2000 BC | Urguedinna (first) | ||||||||
| • | c. 1700 BC | Silli-Sin (last) | ||||||||
| Historical era | Bronze Age | |||||||||
| • | Established | c. 3000 BC | ||||||||
| • | Disestablished | c. 1700 BC | ||||||||
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| Today part of |
 Iraq
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Coordinates: 33°29′3″N 44°43′42″E / 33.48417°N 44.72833°E
Eshnunna (modern Tell Asmar in Diyala Province, Iraq) was an ancient Sumerian (and later Akkadian) city and city-state in central Mesopotamia. Although situated in the Diyala Valley north-east of Sumer proper, the city nonetheless belonged securely within the Sumerian cultural milieu.
The tutelary deity of the city was Tishpak (Tišpak).
Occupied from the Jemdet Nasr period, about 3000 BC, Eshnunna was a major city during the Early Dynastic period of Mesopotamia. Beginning with the rise of the Akkadian Empire, Eshnunna oscillated between periods of independence and domination by empires such as the Third Dynasty of Ur and Isin. Because of its promise of control over lucrative trade routes, Eshnunna could function somewhat as a gateway between Mesopotamian and Elamite culture. The trade routes gave it access to many exotic, sought-after goods such as horses from the north, copper, tin, and other metals and precious stones. In a grave in Eshnunna, a pendant made of copal from Zanzibar was found.
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