Chapter XI

THE EARLIER RULERS OF ELAM, THE DYNASTY OF ISIN, AND THE
RISE OF BABYLON

Continuity of the kingdom of Sumer and Akkad and the
racial character of the kings of Isin--The Elamite
invasion which put an end to the Dynasty of Ur--Native
rulers of Elam represented by the dynasties of
Khutran-tepti and Ebarti--Evidence that a change in
titles did not reflect a revolution in the political
condition of Elam--No period of Elamite control in
Babylonia followed the fall of Ur--Sources for the
history of the Dynasty of Isin--The family of Ishbi-Ura
and the cause of a break in the succession--Rise of an
independent kingdom in Larsa and Ur, and the possibility
of a second Elamite invasion--The family of Ur-Ninib
followed by a period of unrest in Isin--Relation
of the Dynasty of Isin to that of Babylon--The
suggested Amorite invasion in the time of Libit-Ishtar
disproved--The capture of Isin in Sin-muballit's reign
an episode in the war of Babylon with Larsa--The last
kings of Isin and the foundation of the Babylonian
Monarchy--Position of Babylon in the later historical
periods, and the close of the independent political
career of the Sumerians as a race--The survival of their
cultural influence