Armi (Syria)

Armi, was an important Bronze Age city-kingdom during the late third millennium BC located in northern Syria, or in southern Anatolia, Turkey, at the region of Cilicia.

It has been identified with Aleppo,[4] and with the Tall Bazi/Tall Banat archaeological complex[5][6] on the bank of the Euphrates 60 km south of Jarabulus.

[10] However, the relations between the two cities is complicated, for it wasn't always peaceful: the texts of Ebla mention the exchange of gifts between the kings but also wars between the two kingdoms.

The texts mention that the battle happened near a town called Batin (which might be located in northeastern Aleppo),[14] and that a messenger arrived in Ebla with news of the defeat of Armi.

[14] Ebrium's son and successor as vizier, Ibbi-Sipish, conducted a military campaign in his third year against the city of Bagara.

Historian Michael C. Astour believes that the destruction of Ebla and Armi would have happened c. 2290 BC during the reign of Lugal-zage-si of Sumer, whose rule coincided with Sargon of Akkad's first years.

[18] In any case, it is clear that the whole of northern Syria including Ebla and Armi was under the domination of the Akkadian empire during the reign of Naram-Sin.