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In the history of the Bronze Age Near East, the Babylonians, Assyrians, Hittites, and Egyptians get most of the attention, because they comprised what is today considered the “Great Powers Club” of the region. Those kingdoms traded, fought, and made alliances with each other in their quests for power and influence in the region. But just to the east of Mesopotamia, in what is today western Iran, was the equally powerful kingdom of Elam. Although the Elamites are not considered one of the traditional members of the Great Powers Club, their influence in the Bronze Age Near East was just as profound.