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Name: Babylon

Type: Polity

Start: 1154 BC

End: 824 BC

Nation: babylon

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This article is about the specific polity Babylon and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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The Elamites conquered Babylonia in the 12th century BC, thus ending the Kassite state. However, they left Babylon which became again an indipendant state.

Establishment


  • January 1154 BC: The Elamites sacked Babylon in the 12th century BC, ending the Kassite dynasty. However the state of Babylon continued to exist.
  • Chronology


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    1. Babylonian War with Elam


    Nebuchadnezzar I, King of Babylon, conquered Elam.

  • January 1103 BC: Victory of the Babylonian ruler Nebuchadnezzar I over Elam.

  • 2. Assyrian conquest of Elam


    Conquest of Elam, in western Persia, by the Neo-Assyrian Empire.

  • January 910 BC: Elam conquered by Assyrian Empire.

  • 3. Campaigns of Adad-Nirari II


    Military Campaigns of Assyrian King Adad-nirari II.

  • January 890 BC: Adad-nirari II twice attacked and defeated Shamash-mudammiq of Babylonia, annexing a large area of land north of the Diyala river and the towns of Hit and Zanqu in mid Mesopotamia.

  • 4. Campaigns of Shalmaneser III


    Military campaigns of Assyrian king Shalmaneser III.

  • January 823 BC: Babylon was occupied, and Babylonia reduced to vassalage by the Assyrian Empire.

  • 5. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • January 999 BC: Shuhi was an Aramaic state on the Euphrates whose capital was the city of Anat or Hanat. The state should be established before 1000 BC.

  • Disestablishment


  • January 823 BC: Babylon was occupied, and Babylonia reduced to vassalage by the Assyrian Empire.
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