Isin

[ is-in ]

/ ˈɪs ɪn /

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an ancient Sumerian city in S Iraq: archaeological site.

QUIZZES

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

Most o' they candidates did all their 'tisin' with rubbishy flags and balloons—made in Japan, Sir, every blamed one o' them!
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 108, March 9th 1895|Various
Nothing can be more absurd than the fiction that the power of judging Scripture isin the Church.
The Worlds Greatest Books, Volume XIII.|Various
The seat of supreme power in Babylonia was shifted southwards to Isin and Ur.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1|Various
A fragment of an early dynastic chronicle from Nippur gives a list of the kings of the dynasties of Ur and Isin.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1|Various

The first great monarch of the Isin dynasty was Ishbi-Urra, who reigned for thirty-two years.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria|Donald A. Mackenzie