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The Old Babylonian Empire, or First Babylonian Empire, is dated to c. 1894–1595 BC, and comes after the end of Sumerian power with the destruction of the Third Dynasty of Ur, and the subsequent Isin-Larsa period.
Babylonia briefly became the major power in the region after Hammurabi (fl. c. 1792 –1752 BC middle chronology, or c. 1696 –1654 BC, short chronology) created a short-lived empire, succeeding the earlier Akkadian Empire, Third Dynasty of Ur, and Old Assyrian Empire.
Babylon, one of the most famous cities of antiquity. It was the capital of southern Mesopotamia (Babylonia) from the early 2nd millennium to the early 1st millennium BCE and capital of the Neo-Babylonian (Chaldean) empire in the 7th and 6th centuries BCE, when it was at the height of its splendor.
After Hammurabi’s death, the Babylonian empire declined until 1595 bce, when the Hittite invader Mursil I unseated the Babylonian king Samsuditana, allowing the Kassites from the mountains east of Babylonia to assume power and establish a dynasty that lasted 400 years.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
In history of Mesopotamia: The Old Babylonian empire. Hammurabi ( c. 1792– c. 1750 bce) is surely the most impressive and by now the best-known figure of the ancient Middle East of the first half of the 2nd millennium bce.
The king of Babylon ( Akkadian: šakkanakki Bābili, later also šar Bābili) was the ruler of the ancient Mesopotamian city of Babylon and its kingdom, Babylonia, which existed as an independent realm from the 19th century BC to its fall in the 6th century BC.
Oct 14, 2022 · Learn about the history and culture of Babylon, the most famous city from ancient Mesopotamia, from its foundation to its decline. Explore its role in the Old Babylonian Empire, the Neo-Babylonian Empire, and the Achaemenid Empire, and its relation to the Bible and Greek writers.
