Yahdul-Lim was a king of
Carchemish
Carchemish ( Turkish: ''Karkamış''; or ), also spelled Karkemish ( hit, ; Hieroglyphic Luwian: , /; Akkadian: ; Egyptian: ; Hebrew: ) was an important ancient capital in the northern part of the region of Syria. At times during its ...
proposed to have reigned between 1764 and 1745 BCE. During this period, the information about Carchemish mostly comes from the archives of
Mari, Syria
Mari (Cuneiform: , ''ma-riki'', modern Tell Hariri; ar, تل حريري) was an ancient Semitic city-state in modern-day Syria. Its remains form a tell 11 kilometers north-west of Abu Kamal on the Euphrates River western bank, some 120&n ...
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Son of Aplahanda
Aplahanda was a king of Carchemish proposed to have reigned between 1786 and 1766 BCE.
He was first known from a cylinder seal translated by Rene Dussaud in 1929. The seal was found at the base of the mound of Ugarit before excavations began.
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, he succeeded his brother Yatar-Ami Yatar-Ami was a king of Carchemish proposed to have reigned between 1766 and 1764 BCE.
Son of Aplahanda, he enjoyed a brief reign of only two years before being succeeded by Yahdun-Lim. He is known to have continued the profitable lumber
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.Yamhad
Yamhad was an ancient Semitic kingdom centered on Ḥalab (Aleppo), Syria. The kingdom emerged at the end of the 19th century BC, and was ruled by the Yamhadite dynasty kings, who counted on both military and diplomacy to expand their realm. ...
(Aleppo). This probably happened after Hammurabi
Hammurabi (Akkadian: ; ) was the sixth Amorite king of the Old Babylonian Empire, reigning from to BC. He was preceded by his father, Sin-Muballit, who abdicated due to failing health. During his reign, he conquered Elam and the city-states ...
conquered Mari ca 1761 BC. Thereafter the history of Carchemish is unknown for a considerable time.
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18th-century BC rulers
Kings of Carchemish