Kurda must have fallen into the hands ofwel Šamši - Adad around the time that he took Šubat - Enlil , hence around 20 - 25 years before the end ofwel his reign and the advent of Zimri - Lim . ^Thus, the opportunity to unify the Kurds in a nation of their own was lost. Indeed, Kurdistan after the war was more fragmented than before, and various s