Chaldea
In Babylonia, there is a long history of different tribal groups taking over political power in the cities. One such tribe is the Chaldeans, heralding from the southern part of Mesopotamia just south...
View ArticleBabylonian King Hammurabi
Ascending the throne in 1792, Hammurabi heralded the Old Babylonian Period, the beginning of Babylonia's political dominance over southern Mesopotamia for the next 1500 years. His Amorite predecessors...
View ArticleHammurabi's Old Babylonian era
Sumu-abum1894 - 1881 Sumu-la-el~1880 - 1845 Sabium1844 - 1831 Apil-Sin~1830 - 1813 Sin-muballit1812 - 1793 During the early Old Babylonian period, Babylon was a bit player, playing off allegiances...
View ArticleNeo-Babylonian Empire
Nabopolassar626 - 605 BCOnce Assyria’s control over southern Mesopotamia had slipped following the death of Assurbanipal, a local official, Nabopolassar, took the throne of Babylon in 626, and by 616...
View ArticleKassite dynasty
The Babylonian King List places the Kassites as successors to Hammurabi's Dynasty, but their kings' reigns sum to over 576 years. Knowing that the Kassite Dynasty ended in 1155, a literal...
View ArticleBabylonian Boundary Stones
Boundary stones -- kudurru monuments -- were used in the Kassite and succeeding eras as permanent records of land ownership and of privileges such as tax exemptions. They generally describe sales or...
View ArticleBabylonia
The Garden of Eden is a section of Babylonia, as is sufficiently attested by the express mention of the Tigris and Euphrates as two of the rivers which flowed through the primeval habitation of...
View ArticleBabylon
Babylon consists of three mounds: Kasr, which means castle; Babil; Amran Ibn'Ali; and Djumdjuma (Jastrow 1915, p 27). Procession StreetBuilt for cultic and military use, the Procession Street ran out...
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