Sumerians were eclipsed in 1750 BCE by neighboring Semites when the Elamites and Amorites invaded. The Semitic Amorites, or Old Babylonians, conquered the plains under the Emperor Hammurabi in the 1700 BCE. He attributes being given the lands to Anu, the Supreme sky god, and Bel, the lord of heaven and earth and ruler of the destiny of the world in his letters.
