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The Uruk King List, recording rulers of Babylon from Kandalanu (r. 648–627 BC) to Seleucus II Callinicus (r. 246–225 BC) The Babylonian King List of the Hellenistic Period, recording rulers of Babylon from Alexander the Great (r. 331–323 in Babylon) to Demetrius II Nicator (r. 145–141 BC in Babylon)
Before the rise of the Akkadian Empire in the 24th century BC, Mesopotamia was fragmented into a number of city states. Whereas some surviving Mesopotamian documents, such as the Sumerian King List, describe this period as one where there was only one legitimate king at any one given time, and kingship was transferred from city to city sequentially, the historical reality was that there were ...
Tablet of Hammurabi (𒄩𒄠𒈬𒊏𒁉, 4th line from the top), King of Babylon. British Museum. [4] [5] [6] With little evidence on hand, there is not much known about the reigns of the kings from Sumuabum through Sin-muballit — other than the fact they were Amorites rather than Akkadians. What is known, however, is that they did not add ...
This list deals only with the rulers of Babylon. It has been found in two versions, denoted A and B both written in Neo-Babylonian times. The later dynasties in the list document the Kassite and Sealand periods though a number of Kassite rulers are damaged. Ruler names largely match other records but the regnal lengths are more problematic. [49]
No. Portrait Name Family relations Reign Notes Median Kingdom (678 BC–549 BC) ; 1 Deioces: 700–678 BC First known ruler of Media 2 Phraortes: Son of Deioces 678–625 BC
The early Kassite rulers are the sequence of eight, or possibly nine, names which appear on the Babylonian and Assyrian King Lists purporting to represent the first or ancestral monarchs of the dynasty that was to become the Kassite or 3rd Dynasty of Babylon which governed for 576 years, 9 months, 36 kings, according to the King List A.
For chronological sequence, see List of kings of Babylon. ... Kassite kings (27 P) S. ... Babylon dynasties sidebar;
Pages in category "Kings of Babylon" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...