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3000 BCE - 2300 BCE: The Semitic Kish culture is dominant in the area of modern-day Syria. This culure is exemplified by Ebla and the Cities I and II of Mari.
3000 BCE - 2900 BCE: Mari, the earliest known planned city, is built near the eastern bank of the Euphrates.
2950 BCE - 2650 BCE: The first of the city phases of the Syro-Mesopotamian city of Mari. This period is called "City I" in the archaeological literature.
2550 BCE - 2220 BCE: The second of three city phases of the Syro-Mesopotamian city of Mari. This period is called 'City II' in the archaeological literature.
2350 BCE: Ebla is destroyed in the rivalry between Mari and Ebla.
2220 BCE: City II at Mari is destroyed by Naram-Sin.
2220 BCE - 1761 BCE: The third and final city phase of the Syro-Mesopotamian city of Mari. This period is called 'City III' in the archaeological literature.
2220 BCE - 2150 BCE: The Akkadian Empire dominates Mari with military governors called Shakkanakku serving as rulers.
2150 BCE: The Akkadian Empire falls, Mari gains independence.
1830 BCE - 1760 BCE: The Amorite period of Mari.
1830 BCE: The Shakkanakku Dynasty of Mari falls and is replaced by the Amorite Lim Dynasty under Yaggid-Lim.
1811 BCE: Naram-Sin dies, Mari becomes independent again.
1776 BCE - 1761 BCE: The reign of Zimri-Lim of Mari, the last king of Mari. Zimri-Lim, an Amorite, reclaims the throne of Mari for the Lim Dynasty in 1776 BCE.
1761 BCE: Zimri-Lim, the last ruler of Mari dies for unknown reasons. His former ally, Hammurabi of Babylon, captures the city of Mari.
1760 BCE - 1757 BCE: Hammurabi of Babylon destroys the city of Mari. The people of Mari are spared according to Hammurabi.