ያምኻድ
ያምኻድ በጥንታዊ ሶርያ የተገኘ መንግሥት ሲሆን ዋና ከተማው በሃላብ (አሌፖ) ነበር።[1] የያምኻድ መንግሥት በታሪክ መዝገብ መጀመርያ የሚጠቀሰው ከማሪ ንጉሥ ያኽዱን-ሊም (1723-1707 ዓክልበ.) ጎረቤቶች መካከል ሲሆን ነው። የያምኻድ ነግሥታት በሥራዊትም ሆነ በዲፕሎማሲ ግዛታቸውን አስፋፉ። ከመመሠረቱ ጀምሮ ያምኻድ ከጠላቶቹ ማሪ፣ ቃትና እና አሦር ይታገል ነበር፤ በንጉሡም 1 ያሪም-ሊም ዘመን ከሁሉ ሃይለኛ መንግሥት በሶርያ ሆነ። የያምካድ ተጽእኖ ትልቅነት ኬጥያውያን አገሩን እስካጠፉ ድረስ ነበር፤ በኋላም የሚታኒ ግዛት ሆነ።
የያምኻድ ሕዝብ በተለይ አሞራውያን ሲሆኑ ጥቂቶቹ ግን ሑራውያን ነበሩ። ከተማቸው ሃላብ እስከ ዛሬው ድረስ ተሠፍሮበት ስለ ሆነ፣ ብዙ ሥነ ቅርስ በዚያ መቸም ተደርጎ አያውቅም።[2] ስለዚህ የምናውቀው መረጃ በተለይ ከአላላኽና ከማሪ ከተገኙት ጽላቶች ይሆናል።[3]
ሃላብ ደግሞ ለአሞራዊው ጣኦት ሃዳድ የተቀደሠ ሃይማኖታዊ ማዕከል ነበረ። በቀድሞው የኤብላ ግዛት ዘመን፣ ከተማው «ሃላም» ተብሎ ይጠቀስ ነበር።[4][5]
መጀመርያ የምናውቀው የያምኻድ ንጉሥ ሱሙ-ኤፑኽ (በያኽዱን-ሊም ዘመን) ከሃላብ በላይ አላላኽንና ቱባን ከተሞች ገዛ።[6] የማሪ ንጉሥ ያኽዱን-ሊም አሦርን ለመቃወም ከሱሙ-ኤፑኽ ጋር የማግባባት ስምምነት ቢኖረውም፣[7] ከትንሽ በኋላ ግን በያምኻድ ላይ ዘምቶ ነበር።[8] ሱሙ-ኤፑኽ የያሚና ልጆችን ደገፈ እና ከሌሎች አገራት ኡርሹ፣ ኻሹምና ከርከሚሽ ጋር ተባበረ።[9][10] ያኽዱን-ሊም ጠላቶቹን አሸነፋቸው፤[11] በመጨረሻ ግን በልጁ ሱሙ-ያማም ተገደለ።[12]
የአሦር መንግሥት በ1 ሻምሺ-አዳድ ሥር በዚህ ወቅት ይበረታ ጀመር። ማሪን አጠፍቶ የያክዱን-ሊም አልጋ ወራሽ ዝምሪ-ሊም ከአገሩ መሸሽ ነበረበት፤ ወደ ሱሙ-ኤፑኽ በስደት ሔደ።[12] ሻምሺ-አዳድ ልጁን ያስማሕ-አዳድን የማሪ ንጉሥ አደረገው፣ ያስማኅ-አዳድም የቃትና ንጉሥ የኢሺ-አዳድን ሴት ልጅ አግብቶ የአሦርና የቃትና ስምምነት በያምካድ ላይ አጸና።[13] ኡርሹ፣ ኻሹምና ከርከሚሽ ደግሞ ድጋፋቸውን ከያምኻድ ወደ አሦር አዛወሩ፤ ያምኻድም በሻምሺ-አዳድ ጓደኞች ተከቦ ነበር። ሱሙ-ኤፑኽ ከሻምሺ-አዳድ ጋር ጦርነት ሲያደርግ ተገድሎ ልጁ ፩ ያሪም-ሊም ተከተለው።[14] ያሪም-ሊም ስምምነቶች ከባቢሎን ንጉሥ ሃሙራቢ እና ከኤሽኑና ንጉሥ 2 ኢባልፒእል ተዋዋለ።[15] በ1689 ዓክልበ. ያሪም-ሊም ቱቱልን ይዞ ዚምሪ-ሊምን የከተማው ገዢ እንዲሆን ሾመው። በሚከተለው ዓመት ሻምሺ-አዳድ ሞተ። ከዚያ የያምኻድ ሃያላት ከዝምሪ-ሊም ጋር ያስማሕ-አዳድን አሸንፈው የማሪን ዙፋን መለሱለት[15] ያሪም-ሊምም ሴት ልጁን ሺብቱን ለዝምሪ ልም አጋባት።[16]
««ለብቻው ሃይለኛ የሆነ ንጉሥ የለም። ፲ ወይም ፲፭ ነገሥታት የባቢሎንን ገዥ ሃሙራቢን ይከተላሉ፤ ተመሳሳይ ቁጥር የላርሳ ሪም-ሲንን ይከተላሉ፤ ተመሳሳይ ቁጥር የኤሽኑና ኢባልፒኤል፣ ተመሳሳይ ቁጥር የቃትና አሙድፒኤል፣ ሃያ ግን የያምካድን ያሪም-ሊምን ይከተላሉ።»» |
— ወደ ማሪ ንጉሥ ዝምሪ-ሊም የተላከ ጽላት[17] |
ከዚያ ያሪም-ሊም ግዛቱን ወደ ምሥራቅ እስከ ሐቡር ወንዝ ድረስ፣[18] ወደ ስሜንም እስከ ማማ ድረስ አስፋፋ።[19] ማማ፣ ኤብላ እና ኡጋሪት ከተምች ሁሉ ለያምኻድ ተገዥ ሆኑ።[20][21] ቃትና ነጻነቱን ጠበቀ ግን ሻምሺ-አዳድ ዓርፎ ሰላማዊ መሆን ነበረበት።[13][22] ያሪም ሊም ወደ ደርና ድንቅቱም ንጉሥ የላከው ጦርነት ዐዋጅ በጽላት ተገንቷል፤[23] ፭ መቶ የያምኻድ መርከቦች በድንቅቱም ለ፲፪ ዓመት እንደ ቆዩ፣ የያምኻድ ሠራዊት ደርን ለ፲፭ አምመት እንደ ረዱ ይጠቅሳል።[23] የያምኻድ ንጉሥ ማዕረግ «ታላቅ ንጉሥ» ሆነ።[20][13]
የያሪም-ሊም ልጅና ተከታይ 1 ሃሙራቢ ዘመን ሰላማዊ ነበር።[15] ከርከሚሽን ተገዥ አደረገ፣[15] የባቢሎኒያንም ሃሙራቢ በላርሳና በኤላም ላይ በመርዳት ወታደሮቹን ላከ።[24] የባቢሎን ሃሙራቢ ማሪን ካጤፋ በኋላ (1673 ዓክልበ.) ያምኻድ ግን ሰላማዊ ሆኖ ቀረ።[13] የያምኻድ ፩ ሃሙራቢ ተከታይ ልጁ 1 አባ-ኤል ሲሆን በእርሱ ዘመን ኢሪዱ ከተማ አመጸበት፣ ይም ከወንድሙ ያሪም-ሊም ዘአላላኽ ሥልጣን ነበር።[25] አባ-ኤል በምላሽ ኢሪዱን አጠፋ፣ በፈንታውም አላላኽን ለወንድሙ ያሪም-ሊም ሰጠው።[25] የሑራውያን ቁጥርና በአሞራውያን ላይ ተጽእኖአቸው በዚህ ዘመን እንደ በዛ ይታወቃል፤ አባ-እል የአሞራውያንን ጣኦታት ብቻ ሳይሆን የሑርያውያንን ጣኦታት ደግሞ ይጠቅስ ነበርና።
ከአባ-ኤል ቀጥሎ ለተከታዮቹ ዘመኖች ብዙ መዝገቦች የሉም።[25] በ2 ያሪም-ሊም ዘመን የያምኻድ ኃይል ከክርክሮች የተነሣ ደክሞ ነበር።[26][27] ፫ ያሪም ሊም የያምካድ ገዥነት በቃትና ላይ ቢያስገድም፣[25] በአላላኽ ግን አሚታኩም እንደ ነጻ ያሕል መንግሥት አቆመ።[26] ሆኖም የያምኻድ ንጉሥ ከሶርያ አገራት መካከል ሃይለኛው ሆኖ ቀረ፤ «ታላቅ ንጉሥ»ም እንደ ኬጥያውያን ንጉሥ እኩል ተቆጠረ።[28] እርካብቱም (1587-1575 ዓክልበ. ግድም) የተባለው የያምሓድ ንጉሥ ሃቢሩ ከተባለው ነገድና ከአለቃቸው ሰሙማ ጋር ስምምነት እንደ ተዋዋለ ይታወቃል።
ከዚያ በኋላ የኬጥያውያን ንጉሥ 1 ሐቱሺሊ ዛቻ ወደ ደቡብ ወደ ሶርያ ጣለ።[29] ፫ ያሪም-ሊምና ተከታዩ 3 ሃሙራቢ ከሆራውያን ከተሞች ጋራ በመተባበር የሐቱሺሊን ዘመቻ ለመከላከል ቻሉ።[25] በሐቱሺሊ ሶርያዊ ዘመቻ በ፪ኛው ዓመት አላላኽን ያዘ።[30][31] ከዚያ ሐቱሺሊ የኡርሹ ሆርያውያንን አሸነፋቸው፣ ያምኻድና ከርከሚሽ ረድኤታቸውን ለኡርሹ ምንም ቢሰጡ።[32] ከዚያ ሐቱሺሊ ያምሓድን በደብረ አታሉር ውግያ አሸነፈው፣[33] ሐሹምንም አያሌው ሌሎችንም የሖርያውያን ከተሞች በሶርያዊው ዘመቻ ፮ኛው ዓመት አጠፋቸው።[30] በመጨረሻ ሓቱሺሊ ሐላብን እራሱን በቀጥታ መታ፣ ዳሩ ግን ድል ሆነ፣ተቆስሎም ሞተ (1536 ዓክልበ. ግ.)።[34][35]
የ፩ ሐቱሺሊ ተከታይ 1 ሙርሲሊ ሲሆን፣ እርሱ አድጎ የአያቱን ቂም በቅሎ ሐላብን ያዘ፤ ይህም የያምኻድ መንግሥት ውድቀት ነበር።[36] ከዚያ ሙርሲሊ እስከ ባቢሎን ድረስ ዘምቶ ባቢሎንን አጠፋ (1507 ዓክልበ.) ነገር ግን ወደ ዋና ከተማው ወደ ሐቱሳሽ በተመለሠበት ጊዜ ተገደለ።[37] ሐላብ ዳግመኛ ተሠራና አላላኽ እንደገና በግዛቱ ውስጥ ሆነ፣[38] የ«ያምኻድ» ስም ግን ተተወ፣ «ሐላብ» ብቻ ይባል ጀመር።[39] ከሐላብ ነገሥታት ስሞች በቀር ምንም ሌላ አይታወቅም፣ መጀመርያው፣ ሳራ-ኤል፣ ምናልባት የ፫ ያሪም-ሊም ልጅ ነበር።[40] የሐላብ መጨረሻ ንጉሥ 1 ኢሊም-ኢሊማ ተባለ፣[41] የሚታኒ ንጉሥ ፓርሻታታር ግን ዓመጽ አንሥቶበት ተገደለና ሚታኒ ያንጊዜ ሐላብን ያዘ።[42][43] የኢሊም-ኢሊማ ልጅ ኢድሪሚ ወደ ኤማር ሸሽቶ ከሃቢሩ ጋር 7 ዓመት ቆየ፣ ከዚያም አላላኽን አሸነፈና ሥርወ መንግሥቱን በዚያ ከተማ በሃቢሩ እርዳታ ተቀጠለ።[42][43] ሐላብ ግን ነጻነቱን በማጣት በሚታኒ መንግሥት ውስጥ ቀረ።[44]
ንጉሥ | ዘመን | ማዕረግ | ዝምድና |
---|---|---|---|
ሱሙ-ኤፑኽ | 1722–1692 ዓክልበ. ግ. | ንጉሥ | |
1 ያሪም-ሊም | 1692-1676 ዓክልበ. ግ. | ታላቅ ንጉሥ | ልጅ[13] |
1 ሃሙራቢ | 1676- 1662 ዓክልበ. ግ. | ታላቅ ንጉሥ | ልጅ[45] |
1 አባ-ኤል | 1662- 1632 ዓክልበ. ግ. | ታላቅ ንጉሥ | ልጅ[46] |
2 ያሪም-ሊም | 1632-1612 ዓክልበ. ግ. | ታላቅ ንጉሥ | ልጅ[47] |
ንቅሚ-ኤፑኽ | 1612-1587 ዓክልበ. ግ. | ታላቅ ንጉሥ | ልጅ[48] |
እርካብቱም | 1587-1575 ዓክልበ. ግ. | ታላቅ ንጉሥ | ልጅ[49] |
2 ሃሙራቢ | 1575-1570 ዓክልበ. ግ. | ታላቅ ንጉሥ | ምናልባት ወንድም[50] |
3 ያሪም-ሊም | 1570-1531 ዓክልበ. ግ. | ታላቅ ንጉሥ | የእርካብቱም ወንድም[51] |
3 ሃሙራቢ | 1531-1506 ዓክልበ. ግ. | ንጉሥ | ልጅ[52] |
ሳራ-ኤል | 1506 ዓክልበ. ግ. | የሐላብ ንጉሥ | ምናልባት የ፫ ያሪም-ሊም ልጅ[40] |
2 አባ-ኤል | የሐላብ ንጉሥ | ልጅ[40] | |
1 ኢሊም-ኢሊማ | -1480 ዓክልበ. | የሐላብ ንጉሥ | ምናልባት ልጅ[53] |
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