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Larsa (sh)




biblical Ellasar

Ancient capital of Babylonia, located on the Euphrates River in present-day southern Iraq.

It was founded in prehistoric times and flourished in a period of Sumerian decline (งใ 2000-งใ 1760 BC), when long-distance trade connected the Euphrates with the Indus River valley. Hammurabi of Babylon gained control of the area in 1763 BC.