{{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Elamite War | image = | caption = | date = c. 1765 - c. 1764 BC | place = [[Middle East]] | territory = | result = Babylon and allied victory | combatant1 = {{plainlist| *[[Old Babylonian Empire|Babylon]] *[[Mari, Syria|Mari]] *[[Yamhad]] }} | combatant2 = [[Elam]] | commander1 = {{plainlist| *[[Hammurabi]] *[[Zimri-Lim]] *[[Hammurabi I]] }} | commander2 = [[Siwe-Palar-Khuppak]] | strength1 = Yamhad: 10,000 troops | strength2 = 30,000 troops | casualties1 = | casualties2 = }} The '''Elamite War''' ({{Circa}} 1765 BC - {{Circa}} 1764 BC) was a war that was fought in the [[Middle East]].<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJF_lYSREgc&list=PLbsFVyidQ4IlIuGCKLqY_Ptdzt0aRVbPh&index=9 |title=Rise of Babylon and Hammurabi - Ancient Mesopotamia DOCUMENTARY |date=2019-10-29 |last=Kings and Generals |access-date=2026-03-29 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Beaulieu |first=Paul-Alain |title=A History of Babylon: 2200 BC–AD 75 |publisher=Wiley Blackwell |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-4051-8899-9 |page=75}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Beaulieu |first=Paul-Alain |title=Hammurabi King of Babylon: a Biography |publisher=Wiley-Blackwell |year=2004 |isbn=978-1-405-12660-1 |pages=16–17}}</ref>
In order to consolidate its position, [[Elam]] tried to start a war between Babylon and [[Larsa]].<ref name = "VDMp18">{{cite book |last=Van De Mieroop |first=Marc |year=2005 |title=King Hammurabi of Babylon: A Biography |publisher=[[Blackwell Publishing]] |isbn=978-1-4051-2660-1 |oclc=255676990 |url=https://archive.org/details/kinghammurabiofb00marc | p =18}}</ref> Babylon and Larsa made an alliance when they discovered this duplicity.<ref name = "VDMp18"/> Elam then began an invasion of Babylon. Around 1765 BC, Upi was captured by [[Elam]] after a [[Siege of Upi|siege]]. They then retreated for the rest of the year. Around 1764 BC, [[Yamhad]] sent an army of 10,000 troops to aid [[Old Babylonian Empire|Babylon]] and [[Larsa]],<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KYxxmRoTfsQC&pg=PA19|title= The Military Establishments at Mari|author= Jack M. Sasson|year= 1969|page= 19}}</ref> while Elam put the city of [[Hiritum]] under [[Siege of Hiritum|siege]]. They retreated after the city was relieved by a Mari army. Despite being allied to Babylon, Larsa remained neutral during the war.
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[[Category:2nd-millennium BC conflicts]]