Amurru (Sumerian: 𒈥𒌅𒆠 MAR.TU KI; Akkadian: 𒀀𒈬𒌨𒊏 Amûrra, 𒀀𒈬𒊑 Amuri, 𒀀𒄯𒊑 Amurri) was an Amorite kingdom established c. 2000 BC, [1] in a region spanning present-day Northern Lebanon and north-western Syria.

Amurru, also known under the Sumerian name Martu (in Sumerian and Sumerograms: 𒀭 𒈥𒌅 [1]), was a Mesopotamian god who served as the divine personification of the Amorites.

2022年1月11日 · Amurru, also known as Mar Tu, was the god of Amorites living in the outskirts of Mesopotamia (modern-day Syria). In the Mesopotamian religion Anu, An, or Ilu is a divine personification of the sky, and Amurru is considered his son. Many different adaptations of the god Amurru are present.

…millennium bc the Akkadian term Amurru referred not only to an ethnic group but also to a language and to a geographic and political unit in Syria and Palestine. At the beginning of the millennium, a large-scale migration of great tribal federations from Arabia resulted in the occupation of Babylonia…

Amurru may refer to: Amurru kingdom, roughly current day western Syria and northern Lebanon; Amorites, ancient Syrian people; Amurru (god), the Amorite deity

Amurru, also known as Amorite Kingdom of Amurru, was an ancient kingdom or region located in the Levant during the Bronze Age. It played a significant role in the political and cultural landscape of the ancient Near East.

Amorites worshiped, among others, the moon-god Sin, and Amurru, from whom their name may be taken. Amurru is sometimes described as a shepherd and the son of the Mesopotamian sky-god Anu. He is called Bêl Šadê ('Lord of the mountain') and 'He who dwells on the pure mountain.'

2019年7月26日 · The Amorites, also called Amurru or Martu, were an ancient Semitic-speaking people who dominated the history of Mesopotamia, Syria, and Palestine from about 2000 to 1600 BC. Tribal nomads who forced...

Since the reigns of Amunhotep III and Akhenaten, the lords of Amurru have caused great trouble in Egypt’s northern empire. They have raided, plundered, and even murdered their way to regional prominence.

Amurru was initially a small highland kingdom sit-uated in the mountainous regions on the western slopes of Mount Lebanon and along Nahr el-Kebir. During the Amarna period, the kingdom gradually expanded. In its high days it covered the territory between Tripoli on the Lebanese coast and the Middle Orontes area of western Syria. Amurru first