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2 unusual facts about Naram-Suen of Eshnunna


Naram-Suen of Eshnunna

:Not to be confused with other ancient Mesopotamian kings with the same name Naram-Suen

He may or may not be the same person as a contemporaneous King of Assyria named Naram-Suen.


Middle Eastern Empires

Naram-Sin quickly destroyed and dispersed the Sumerian rebels and also went on a vast campaign of conquest, taking his armies to Lebanon, Syria and Israel, and then to Egypt.

Name of Armenia

However, many historians, such as Wayne Horowitz, identify Armanî which was conquered by Naram-Sin of Akkad, with the Syrian city of Aleppo and not with the Armenian Highland.


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