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1894 -
1595 BC |
Old Babylonian Empire
(Old
Babylonia) |
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1894 -
1881 BC
Sumuabum |
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1880 -
1845 BC
Sumulael |
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1844 -
1831 BC
Sabium |
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1830 -
1813 BC
Apil-Sin |
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1812 -
1793 BC
Sin-muballit (Father of
Hammurabi) |
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1792 -
1750 BC (or 1848 -
... BC
or 1696 - ... BC)
 Hammurabi |
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1749 -
1712 BC
Samsuiluna (Son of
Hammurabi) |
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1711 -
1684 BC
Abi-esuh |
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1683 -
1647 BC
Ammiditana |
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1646 -
1626 BC
Ammisaduqa |
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1625 -
1595 BC
Samsuditana |
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1595
BC |
Conquered by the
Hittites
and
Kassites.
See also
Hittite
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.... -
1155
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Kassite Dynasty |
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... -
1155 BC
Enlil-nadin-ahhe
(last king of the Kassite dynasty) |
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...
(132 years, 6 months) |
Second Dynasty of Isin
(11
kings)
(Go
here for the
First Dynasty
of Isin) |
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... -
... BC (ruled 18 years)
Marduk-kabit-ahheshu |
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... -
... BC (ruled 8 years)
Itti-Marduk-balatu
(Son of
Marduk-kabit-ahheshu) |
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... -
... BC (ruled 6 years)
Ninurta-madin-shumi |
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1119 -
1098 BC (ruled 22 years)
Nebuchadrezzar I (or
Nebuchadnezzar I or
Nabu-kudurri-usur, son of
Ninurta-madin-shumi) |
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... -
... BC (ruled 4 years)
Enlil-nadin-apli (Son of
Nebuchadrezzar I) |
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1093 -
1076 BC (ruled 18 years)
Marduk-nadin-ahhe (Son of
Ninurta-madin-shumi) |
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... BC
Assyrian's
Tiglath-Pileser I
sacks Babylon and burns the royal
palace. |
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... -
... BC (ruled 13 years)
Marduk-shapik-zeri |
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... -
... BC
Adad-apla-iddina |
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... -
... BC (ruled 6 months)
Marduk-ahhe-eriba |
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... -
... BC (ruled 12 years)
Marduk-zer-... |
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... -
... BC (ruled 8 years)
Nabu-shumu-libur |
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End of
Second Dynasty of Isin. Cause
uncertain. |
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1020-1000 BC
(or 1026 - ...)
(21 years, 5 months) |
Second Sealand Dynasty
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kings) |
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... -
... BC
(ruled
18 years)
Simbar-Shihu
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... -
... BC (ruled 5 months)
Ea-mukin-zeri |
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... -
... BC (ruled 3 years)
Kashshu-nadin-ahi |
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(20
years) |
Bazi Dynasty
(Bazum
Dynasty, Baz Dynasty, 3 kings) |
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... -
... BC (ruled 17 years)
Eulmash-shakin-shumi |
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... -
... BC (ruled 3 years)
Ninurta-kudurri-usur I |
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... -
... BC (ruled 3 months)
Shirikti-Shuqamuna |
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... -
980 BC |
Elamite Dynasty
(1
king) |
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... -
... BC (ruled 6 years)
Mar-biti-apla-usur |
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979 -
722 BC |
(uncertain dynasties) |
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... -
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Nabu-mukin-apli |
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... -
... BC (ruled only a few months)
Ninurta-kudurri-usur II
(son of
Nabu-mukin-apli) |
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... -
... BC Mar-biti-ahhe-iddina
(son of
Nabu-mukin-apli) |
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... -
... BC
Shamash-mudammiq |
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... -
... BC
Nabu-shuma-ukin I |
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888 -
855 BC
Nabu-apla-iddina
(son of
Nabu-shuma-ukin I) |
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854 -
... BC
Marduk-zakir-shumi I |
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... -
... BC
Marduk-balassu-iqbi (son
of
Marduk-zakir-shumi I) |
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... -
... BC
Baba-aha-iddina |
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... -
... BC (Anarchy. Assyrians conquered
Babylonia) |
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769 -
... BC
Eriba-Marduk |
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Nabu-shuma-ishkun |
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747 -
734 BC
Nabonassar (Nabu-nasir) |
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... -
... BC
Nabu-nadin-zeri (son of
Nabonassar) |
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... -
... BC
Nabu-shuma-ukin II |
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731 -
728 BC
Mukin-zeri (Naby-mukin-zeri)
Mukin-zeri was a Chaldean
from the Bit-Amukani tribe. |
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728 -
727 BC Assyrian's
Tiglath
Pileser III declared himself
king of Babylon.
See
Neo-Assyrian
Empire |
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726 -
722 BC Assyrian's
Shalmaneser
V, son of Tiglath Pileser
III |
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721 -
710 BC
Marduk-apla-iddina II
(Merodach-Baladan
II)
Babylon back in
Babylonian hands.
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710 -
705 BC The Assyrians are back with
Sargon II.
See
Neo-Assyrian
Empire |
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705 -
703 BC
Sennacherib, son of
Sargon II |
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703 BC
Babylon's
Merodach-Baladan II back
on the throne, but only for a year |
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703 -
699 BC Assyria's
Sennacherib
back on the throne |
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700 BC
Sennacherib drives Mushezib-Marduk
into exile to Elam. |
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699 -
694 BC Assyria's
Ashur-nadin-shumi, son of
Sennacherib, was made king of
Babylon by his father, who had to
concentrate his attention to other
matters in his empire.
691 BC
Battle of Khalule, in which the
Assyrians fight against an alliance
of Elamites and Babylonians.
Mushezib-Marduk returns to be king
of Babylon. But the Assyrians
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691 -
689 BC
Mushezib-Marduk
689 BC
Destruction of Babylon by the
Assyrians. Sennacherib takes
Mushezib-Marduk prisoner. |
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689 -
681 BC
Sennacherib. The
Assyrians are back. |
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680 -
669 BC
Esarhaddon, son of
Sennacherib. Still the Assyrians.
672 BC
Esarhaddon makes his son
Shamash-shum-ukin
crown prince of Babylon.
669 BC
According to Esarhaddon's will, the
Assyrian empire splits.
Ashurbanipal,
son of Esarhaddon, is the new king
of Assyria, and Ashurbanipal's
brother, Shamash-shum-ukin, becomes
king of Babylon. In theory equal, in
practice Ashurbanipal keeps his
brother dependent.
652 BC
Shamash-shum-ukin's rebellion
against his brother begins.
648 BC
Shamash-shum-ukin kills himself.
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647 -
627 BC Ashurbanipal makes
Kandalanu
new ruler over Babylon. Kandalanu is
a Chaldean. |
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625 -
539 BC |
Chaldean
Empire
(Second Babylonian Empire)
Chaldean and Babylonian Empires are united.
Chaldean and Babylonian is
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King:
625 - 605
BC: Nabopolassar
(Nabopolasser)
King over Chaldea since 630 BC
605 - 562 BC: Nebuchadrezzar II
556 - 539 BC: Nabonidus
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539 BC |
Now part of the
Persian Empire |
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331
BC |
Conquered by
Alexander the
Great |
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