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349 B.C. 2123 2080 2055 2047 2041 2130 As Enlil and Ninurta are increasingly away, central authority also deteriorates in Mesopotamia. Inanna's at- tempt to regain the kingship for Erech does not last. clared clared capital of new empire. Ur-Nammu ascends throne, is named Protector of Nippur. A Nippurian priest—Terah, Abraham's lather—comes to Ur to liai- son with its royal court. of ascends new 2096 Ur-Nammu dies in battle. The people consider his un- timely death a betrayal by Anu and Enlil. Terah departs with his family for Harran. 2095 Shulgi ascends (he throne of Ur, strengthens imperial ties. As empire thrives. Shulgi falls under charms of Inanna, becomes her lover. Grants Larsa to Elamites in exchange for serving as his Foreign Legion. Theban princes loyal to Ra/Marduk press northward under Mentuhotep I. Nabu, Marduk's son, gains ad- herents for his father in Western Asia. northward On Nannar's orders, Shulgi sends Elamite troops to suppress unrest in Canaanite cities. Elamites reach the gateway to the Sinai peninsula and its Spaceport. 2048 Shulgi dies. Marduk moves to the Land of the Hittites. Abraham ordered to southern Canaan with an elite Amar-Sin (the biblical Amraphel) becomes king of Ur. Abraham goes to Egypt, stays five years, then re- turns with more troops. of Guided Guided by Inanna, Amar-Sin forms a coalition of Kings of the East, launches military expedition to Ca- naan and the Sinai. Its leader is the Elamite Khedor- Amar-Sin forms coalition of The Earth Chronicles: Time Chart IV. The Fateful Century Abraham born in Nippur. 2113 Enlil entrusts the Lands of Shcm to Nannar; Ur de- Ur-Nammu On Nannar's corps of cavalrymen. la'omer. Abraham blocks the advance at the gateway to the Spaceport.