Hammurabi

Hammurabi

male
Rāpi, ˤAmmu, ˤAmmurāpi, codes of law, Amorite language, civil code…Amorite
Hammurabi (Akkadian from Amorite "ˤAmmurāpi", "the kinsman is a healer," from "ˤAmmu", "paternal kinsman," and "Rāpi", "healer"; c. 1810 BCE - 1750...

Og

male
jabbirun, jababirat, ʕUj ibn ʕUnq, Edrei, Bashan, Deluge…Amorite
According to several books of the Old Testament, Og was an ancient Amorite king of Bashan who, along with his sons and army, was slain by Joshua...

Adonizedek

male
Hebron, hebrew, midrash, canaan, israelite, Amorite
Adonizedek (variously transliterated as Adoni-zedec or Adoni-Zedek (in Hebrew, Adoni-Tzedek) was, according to the Book of Joshua, king of...

Ibbi-Sin

male
Sumer, elam, Sumerian ruler, Amorite, Nippur, Akkad
Ibbi-Sin, son of Shu-Sin, was king of Sumer and Akkad and last king of the Ur III dynasty, and reigned circa 2028 BC-2004 BC. During his reign, the...

Shamshi-Adad I

male
mari, king, assyrian, aleppo, mesopotamia, tigris…Amorite
Shamshi-Adad I (reigned 1813 to 1791 BC) rose to prominence when he carved out a large kingdom in northern Mesopotamia. His father Ila-kabkabu...

Gungunum

male
Sumer, Sumerian ruler, Amorite, Larsa, Isin
Gungunum (king of Larsa) was an Amorite and the fifth ruler of the Larsa dynasty. He ruled from 1932 BC to 1906 BC. As ruler he conquered Ur,...

Shu-Sin

male
tigris, euphrates, Sumer, Amorite, Akkad, Ur III
Shu-sin was king of Sumer and Akkad, and was the penultimate king of the Ur III dynasty. He succeeded his brother Amar-Sin, and reigned circa 2036...
Ishme-Dagan I

Ishme-Dagan I

male
mari, king, assyrian, tigris, Mari, Syria, Yasmah-Adad…Amorite
Ishme-Dagan I was the son of the Amorite king Shamshi-Adad I, put on throne of Ekallatum by his father after a successful military attack. He ruled...

Eurypyle

female
Babylonia, Amorite, Women in Mesopotamian warfare
Eurypyle was the leader of an all female expedition against Babylonia. She captured the Amorite capital in 1760 B.C.E.