Elamite 2 - Elamite Renaissances
In the last years of the Akkadian Empire, Elam managed to seize its independence. The first fully independent King of Elam was Puzur-Inshushinak, who went on to rule Elam’s first real empire. He ruled from the Dasht-e Lut and the Persian Gulf to the Zagros Mountains and the Euphrates, taking advantage of the chaotic politics of Gutian Mesopotamia. Near the end of his life, Puzur-Inshushinak met his match in the form of Ur-Namma and the Third Dynasty of Ur, who pushed him back out of Mesopotamia, conquered Susa, and brought an end to the power of Awan in Elam. In its place, Shimashki rose up…
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