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- The Elamites built one of the most ancient cities in world history, Susa, which dates from c. 4200 BCE. Archaeological evidence confirms human habitation of the site dating to c. 7000 BCE with continuous settlement dating to 4395 BCE before the community built the city.
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Elam (/ ˈiːləm /) [a] was an ancient civilization centered in the far west and southwest of modern-day Iran, stretching from the lowlands of what is now Khuzestan and Ilam Province as well as a small part of southern Iraq.
Oct 2, 2024 · Elam, ancient country in southwestern Iran approximately equivalent to the modern region of Khuzestan. Early on it was culturally tied to Mesopotamia. The Elamites’ golden age of conquest began in the latter part of the 13th century BCE and ended with the capture of Susa by Nebuchadrezzar I of Babylon.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Aug 27, 2020 · The Elamites built one of the most ancient cities in world history, Susa, which dates from c. 4200 BCE. Archaeological evidence confirms human habitation of the site dating to c. 7000 BCE with continuous settlement dating to 4395 BCE before the community built the city.
- Joshua J. Mark
Aug 27, 2020 · Elam was absorbed into the new empire as one of its provinces but was highly regarded by the Persians. The third Achaemenid king, Darius I, completely rebuilt Susa and made it one of his capitals and administrative districts.
- Joshua J. Mark
When southwest Iran begins to emerge into the light of history, in the mid-3rd millennium BCE, the label “Elam” in fact refers only to the Elamite highland area. This remained largely cut-off from the advances in civilization discussed above.
Elam was a region in the Near East corresponding to the modern-day provinces of Ilam and Khuzestan in southern Iran (though it also included part of modern-day southern Iraq) whose civilization spanned thousands of years from c. 3200 - c. 539 BCE.
The civilisation started around 2700 BC, and they were finally conquered by the Achmaenids in 640 BC. A tablet found in 1848 has the Assyrian king Ashurbanipal boasting of his conquest: " Susa, the great holy city, abode of their Gods, seat of their mysteries, I conquered.
