Yamhad, or Yamkhad, Kingdom of
Years: 1800BCE - 1550BCE
Yamhad (also written Yamkhad or Jamhad) is an ancient Amorite kingdom centered at Ḥalab (or Ḥalba, modern day Aleppo).
A substantial Hurrian population also settles in the kingdom, and the Hurrian culture influences the area.
The kingdom is powerful during the Middle Bronze Age, ca.
1800-1600 BCE.
Its biggest rival is Qatna further south.
Yamhad is finally destroyed by the Hittites in the sixteenth century BCE.
