SHINAR
Country where the cities of Babel, Erech, Akkad, Calne were built (Gen. 10:10; 11:2; Dan. 1:2). This term denotes the Babylonian floodplain. Ancient Sumer was located downstream in this region.
In Abraham’s time, Amraphel ruled over this entire country, or at least over a large part of it (Gen. 14:1, 9). Much later the Jews were taken captive there (Is. 11:11; Zech. 5:11).