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Babylonian King List B records the kings of Babylon's first dynasty, and the kings of the First Sealand dynasty, with subscripts recording the number of kings and their summed up reigns in these dynasties. Regnal years are recorded for the kings of the first dynasty, but omitted for the kings of the Sealand dynasty.
Line of Viking royal grave mounds at Gamla Uppsala, like those at Edoras [26] Eorl the Young founded the Kingdom of Rohan in the former Calenardhon; the royal family was known as the House of Eorl. The first line of kings lasted for 249 years, until the ninth king Helm Hammerhand died.
The era of the early Kassite rulers is characterized by a dearth of surviving historical records. The principal sources of evidence for the existence of these monarchs are the Babylonian King List A, [i 1] which shows just the first six, and the Assyrian Synchronistic King List, [i 2] which gives their names indistinctly, and are compared below, after Brinkman.
The damaged line in the Uruk King List is the only known surviving reference to a king by the name Nidin-Bel. [ 17 ] The tablet BCHP 1 (alternatively BM 36304 or ABC 8, known as the Alexander Chronicle ) was written in Babylon during the Hellenistic period (after Alexander the Great 's conquest of the Persian Empire) and records events from the ...
Sūmû-abum (also Su-abu) was an Amorite, and the first King of the First Dynasty of Babylon (the Amorite Dynasty).He reigned c. 1897-1883 BC ().He freed a small area of land previously ruled by the fellow Amorite city state of Kazallu which included Babylon, then a minor administrative center in southern Mesopotamia.
The Elamites under their king Kutir-nahhunte I raided into Babylonia early in his reign and sacked 30 cities. Two copies of a building inscription [ i 6 ] commemorate his construction activities at Luḫaia, a town founded by Ḫammu-rāpi on the Araḫtum canal to the north of Babylon. [ 3 ]
Samsu-ditāna, inscribed phonetically in cuneiform sa-am-su-di-ta-na in the seals of his servants, [1] the 11th and last king of the Amorite or First Dynasty of Babylon, reigned for 31 years, [i 1] [i 2] 1625 – 1595 BC (Middle Chronology), 1617-1587 BC (Low Middle Chronology), or 1562 – 1531 BC (Short Chronology).
Sumu-la-El (also Sumulael or Sumu-la-ilu) was a King in the First Dynasty of Babylon. He reigned c. 1880-1845 BC . [1] He subjugated and conquered nearby cities like Kish and built a string of fortresses around his territory. [2] [3] He is known to have conquered the city of Sippar. [4] Economic ties extended as far north as Tilmen Höyük. [5]