ABSTRACT
Amorite is (literally) the language of Amurru, which in Akkadian means 'the west'. The infiltration of Amorites into Babylonia and other parts of Mesopotamia started before 2000 BeE. During the early centuries of the second millennium, Amorite dynasties were entrenched all through the land, from Babylonia in the south to Assyria in the north, and in between, notably at Marl on the Middle Euphrates.
