Who were the Amorites? There is no single answer to this question. At the same time, the diversity of possible answers shows that the category cannot be constrained to a single historical moment—that is, the disruption of Sumerian dominance in southeastern Mesopotamia under the rulers of Ur, and the concurrent social changes in regions far to the west that accompanied the transition between the Early and Middle Bronze Ages. The Amorites appear to have been a class of people