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Hittite king Mursili I is possibly the …
Years: 1605BCE - 1594BCE
Hittite king Mursili I is possibly the grandson of Hattusili.
While few details of his reign are known, he is credited with a campaign in northern Syria which involved the overthrow of the Amorite dynasty of the once-powerful kingdom of Yamhad (Aleppo) and the city’s destruction in about 1600 BCE and the sack of Babylon around 1595.
The latter act ends the rule of the descendants of Hammurabi in this city.
When Mursili returns to his kingdom, he is assassinated by his brother-in-law, who succeeds him as king Hantili I.
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- Mesopotamia
- Anatolia, archaic
- Assyria, vassal states of
- Hittites, (Old) Kingdom of the
- Babylonian Kingdom of the Kassites
Topics
- Subboreal Period
- Hittite Conquest of Anatolia
- Middle Bronze Age II C (Near and Middle East)
- Hittite-Hurrian Wars
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Years: 1605BCE - 1594BCE
Locations
Groups
- Mesopotamia
- Anatolia, archaic
- Assyria, vassal states of
- Hittites, (Old) Kingdom of the
- Babylonian Kingdom of the Kassites
Topics
- Subboreal Period
- Hittite Conquest of Anatolia
- Middle Bronze Age II C (Near and Middle East)
- Hittite-Hurrian Wars
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions