Relating to Elam, an ancient civilization in what is now southwestern Iran, or its language and culture.
From Elam, the name of the ancient kingdom, plus the suffix -itic meaning 'of or relating to.' Elam was a major power in the ancient Near East from around 3200 BCE.
Elamitic civilization was so old that it was already ancient when the Egyptian pyramids were built—yet we barely learn about it in school! Their language used one of the world's earliest writing systems, but it's still not fully understood by scholars.
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