Awan dynasty

Awan dynasty
𒈗 𒂊 𒉈 𒀀 𒉿 𒀭 𒆠 (Sumerian)

Dynasty of Peli
Awan dynasty; 𒈗 𒂊 𒉈 𒀀 𒉿 𒀭 𒆠 (Sumerian); Dynasty of Peli
Dynasty
	A map of the Near East detailing the geopolitical situation in the region during the Awan dynasty c. 2600 BC occupied by various contemporaneous archaeological cultures and/or civilizations such as those of the: Minoans Elamites Egyptians Sumerians Hurrians Assyrians Adamdun Akkad? Akshak? Anshan Awan? Der Eshnunna Hidali? Hurti? Kimash? Liyan Shimashki? Susa Ur Urua? A clickable map of the present-day Islamic Republic of Iran detailing the locations of various ancient, archaeological sites, settlements, hamlets, villages, towns, and/or cities (and the approximated locations of six lost cities: Akkad, Akshak, Urua, Hidali, Hurti, and Kimash; also, the two lost capital cities of the Elamite Empire: Awan and Shimashki) that may have been visited, interacted and traded with, invaded, conquered, destroyed, occupied, colonized by and/or otherwise within the Elamites’ sphere of influence at some point temp. the dynasty of Awan.
Parent family	Early Elamite kings
Country	Elam
Current region	Western Iran
Earlier spellings	lugal-e-ne a-wa-anki
Etymology	Kings of Awan
Place of origin	Asia
Founded	c. 2400 BC (c. 2600 BC)
Founder	Peli (fl. c. 2550 – c. 2400 BC); (Unknown, (fl. c. 2600 – c. 2450 BC);
Final ruler	Puzur-Inshushinak (r. c. 2100 BC)
Final head	Luh-ishan (d. c. 2325 BC)
Historic seat	Awan
Titles	List King of Awan; Military Governor of Elam; Governor of Susa; King of Sumer; King of Elam; King of Kings of Elam;
Connected families	Sukkalmah dynasty
Traditions	Elamite religion
Estate	Godin Tepe
Dissolution	c. 2015 BC
Deposition	c. 2450 BC
Cadet branches	Shimashki dynasty
	The Elamites remained a major source of tension for the Sumerians, Akkadians, Amorites, Assyrians, Babylonians, and Kassites millennia after the supposed victory of the Awan dynasty over the first dynasty of Ur c. 2600 – c. 2340 BC as described on the Sumerian King List (SKL).

The Awan dynasty was the first dynasty of Elam of which very little of anything is known today—appearing at the dawn of recorded history. The dynasty corresponds to the early part of the first Paleo-Elamite period (dated to c. 2400 – c. 2015 BC); additionally, succeeded by the Shimashki (c. 2200 – c. 1980 BC) and Sukkalmah dynasties (c. 1980 – c. 1450 BC). The Elamites were likely major rivals of neighboring Sumer from remotest antiquity—they were said to have been defeated by Enmebaragesi of Kish c. 2750 BC—who is the earliest archaeologically attested king named on the Sumerian King List (SKL); moreover, by a later monarch, Eannatum of Lagash c. 2450 BC. Awan was a city-state or possibly a region of Elam whose precise location is not certain; but, it has been variously conjectured to have been within the: Ilam and/or Fars provinces of what is today known as the Islamic Republic of Iran, to the north of Susa (in south Luristan), close to Dezful (in Khuzestan), or Godin Tepe (in the Kermanshah province).