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Kutik-Inshushinak (also known as Puzur-Inshushinak) was king of Elam
Elam

Elam was an ancient civilization located in what is now southwest Iran.Elam was centered in the far west and southwest of modern-day Iran, stretching from the lowlands of Khuzestan and Ilam Province , as far as Jiroft in Kerman province and Burned City in Zabol, as well as a small part of southern Iraq....
 from about 2240 to 2220 BC (long chronology), and the last from the Awan dynasty
Awan dynasty

The Awan Dynasty was the first dynasty of Elam, founded by king Peli at the dawn of history. It must have been an important influence on Sumer from the earliest times, for their conflicts with Mesopotamia begin with Enmebaragesi of Kish , who defeated them, as did another Sumerian king, Eannatum I of Lagash....
. His father was Shinpi-khish-khuk the crown prince, and most likely a brother of king Khita. Kutik-Inshushinak's first position was as governor of Susa
Susa

Susa was an ancient city of the Elamite, Persian Empire and Parthian empires of Iran, located about 250 km east of the Tigris River.The modern town of Shush, Iran is located at the site of ancient Susa....
, which he may have held from a young age. About 2250 BC, his father died, and he became crown prince in his stead.

Elam had been under the domination of Akkad
Akkad

The Akkadian Empire was an empire centered in the city of Akkad Sumerian language: Agade KUR A.GA.D?KI "land of Akkad". ; Biblical Accad) and its surrounding region Akkadian URU Akkad KI in central Mesopotamia....
 since the time of Sargon
Sargon of Akkad

Sargon of Akkad, also known as Sargon the Great , was an Akkadian Empire emperor famous for his conquest of the Sumerian city-states in the 24th and 23rd centuries BC....
, and Kutik-Inshushinak accordingly campaigned in the Zagros mountains
Zagros Mountains

The Zagros , are the largest mountain range in Iran and Iraq. They have a total length of 1 500 km from western Iran, on the border with Iraq to the southern parts of the Persian Gulf....
 on their behalf.






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Kutik-Inshushinak (also known as Puzur-Inshushinak) was king of Elam
Elam

Elam was an ancient civilization located in what is now southwest Iran.Elam was centered in the far west and southwest of modern-day Iran, stretching from the lowlands of Khuzestan and Ilam Province , as far as Jiroft in Kerman province and Burned City in Zabol, as well as a small part of southern Iraq....
 from about 2240 to 2220 BC (long chronology), and the last from the Awan dynasty
Awan dynasty

The Awan Dynasty was the first dynasty of Elam, founded by king Peli at the dawn of history. It must have been an important influence on Sumer from the earliest times, for their conflicts with Mesopotamia begin with Enmebaragesi of Kish , who defeated them, as did another Sumerian king, Eannatum I of Lagash....
. His father was Shinpi-khish-khuk the crown prince, and most likely a brother of king Khita. Kutik-Inshushinak's first position was as governor of Susa
Susa

Susa was an ancient city of the Elamite, Persian Empire and Parthian empires of Iran, located about 250 km east of the Tigris River.The modern town of Shush, Iran is located at the site of ancient Susa....
, which he may have held from a young age. About 2250 BC, his father died, and he became crown prince in his stead.

Elam had been under the domination of Akkad
Akkad

The Akkadian Empire was an empire centered in the city of Akkad Sumerian language: Agade KUR A.GA.D?KI "land of Akkad". ; Biblical Accad) and its surrounding region Akkadian URU Akkad KI in central Mesopotamia....
 since the time of Sargon
Sargon of Akkad

Sargon of Akkad, also known as Sargon the Great , was an Akkadian Empire emperor famous for his conquest of the Sumerian city-states in the 24th and 23rd centuries BC....
, and Kutik-Inshushinak accordingly campaigned in the Zagros mountains
Zagros Mountains

The Zagros , are the largest mountain range in Iran and Iraq. They have a total length of 1 500 km from western Iran, on the border with Iraq to the southern parts of the Persian Gulf....
 on their behalf. He was greatly successful as his conquests seem to have gone beyond the initial mission.

In 2240 BC, he asserted his independence from Akkad, which had been weakening ever since the death of Naram-Sin
Naram-Sin

Naram-Suen , ca. 2190 ? 2154 BC short chronology, was the third successor and grandson of Sargon of Akkad; under Naram-Suen the Akkadian Empire reached its zenith....
, thus making himself king of Elam. He conquered Anshan
Anshan (Persia)

Anshan , a site on the Iranian plateau, 36 km northwest of modern Shiraz, Iran in the Zagros mountains of the Fars province, southwestern Iran, was one of the early capitals of Elam, from the 3rd millennium BC....
 and managed to unite most of Elam into one kingdom. He built extensively on the citadel at Susa, and encouraged the use of the Linear Elamite
Linear Elamite

Linear Elamite is a Bronze Age writing system used in Elam, known from a few monumental inscriptions only. It was used contemporarily with Elamite Cuneiform and likely records the Elamite language....
 script to write the Elamite language
Elamite language

Elamite is an extinct language spoken by the ancient Iranian people Elamites. Elamite was an official language of the Persian Empire from the sixth to fourth centuries BC....
. This may be seen as a reaction against Sargon's attempt to force the use of Akkadian
Akkadian language

Akkadian or Assyrian-Babylonian is a Semitic language that was spoken in ancient Mesopotamia. The earliest attested Semitic language, it used the cuneiform writing system derived ultimately from ancient Sumerian language, an unrelated language isolate....
. Most inscriptions in Linear Elamite date from the reign of Kutik-Inshushinak.

His achievements were not longlasting, for after his death the linear script fell into disuse, and Elam was overrun by the Guti.