Saed News: The ancient Elamites were a civilization in southwestern Iran, and their religion was based on the worship of various gods.
According to the analytical news site Saed News, Elam was the name of a civilization in a region that covered a large part of southwestern Iranian plateau at the end of the third millennium BCE, and during the Achaemenid period, it was reduced to the geographical area of Susa (Sūzīāna). The Elamites called their country "Hatamti," meaning "Land of God," the Akkadians called it "Elamtu," and the Sumerians wrote it using the ideogram NIM, meaning "high and elevated." Around 2700 BCE, the first Elamite kingdom was established in Susa, located in southwestern Iran. Painted pottery dating back to around 3500 BCE found in Susa in Elam reflects an advanced period of geometric designs, the creation of a distinctive style of human figures, and animal shapes.
Between approximately 2094 and 2047 BCE, Elam was conquered by Shulgi, the second king of the Third Dynasty of Ur, and later in 2004 BCE, the Third Dynasty of Ur was overthrown by Elam.
In 639 BCE, Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, defeated Elam and sacked Susa. After this war, Elam never again appeared as an independent power.
The Elamites lived and ruled in southwestern Iran for about 2,661 years, from the beginning of the pre-Elamite period to the end of the Neo-Elamite period.
Please observe the gold-gilded silver statue of one of the Elamite gods dating back to the first millennium BCE.
