WI: Gutians invade Elam?

[SunKing105]

The Gutians were a people near ancient Mesopotamia whose language remains unclassified, who ruled Mesoptamia for about a century before the rebellion of Utu-Higal and the eventual prominence of the city of Ur, taking advantage of the kiloyear event to invade Akkad and install their own dynasty there. While they did do something like this IOTL, most went through Mesopotamia, and Gutian rule ruined the country, agricultural and cultural pursuits declined, and the complex irrigation and canal networks they did not know how to manage. Eventually they were kicked out by a coalition of Uruk and Ur, lead by Utu-Hengal. What if the Gutians for some reason invaded the Elamites instead, in full force, rerouting the routes of their migration? Considering how far back the POD is, a precise reason why I am not sure of, but what would be the impact on both Mesopotamia and Elam? Would the Akkadians survive long enough to pass through the 4.2 kiloyear event and manage a resurgence? Would a native Elamite dynasty be restored? What is the impact on religious traditions in the area? Does it butterfly away the Sumerian Empire?

 

[SunKing105]

@John7755 يوحنا

 

[John7755 يوحنا]

Not sure what occurs here to be frank... The Gutians were likely involved in wars with the Elamites otl anyway. As a whole they were a symptom of a wider issue of widespread famines. The traditional legendary motif given by history to us, is that the Akkadian realm was faced with deep famine, revolt and then the invasion. It was not that the Gutians were so strong as to force themselves upon Akkad, but that they were part of a wider migration that was ongoing due to famine. In Naram-Sin's rule, the Kingdom took measures to stop this, but failed to do so. Elam would if invaded, likely succumb, but recover in short order or assimilate the Gutians.