Mursili, reaching through Mesopotamia, even ransacks Babylon…

Mursili, reaching through Mesopotamia, even ransacks Babylon itself in 1595 BCE (although rather than incorporate Babylonia into Hittite domains, he seems to have instead turned it over to his Kassite allies, who are to rule it for the next four centuries).

This lengthy campaign, however, has strained the resources of Hatti, and has left the capital in a state of near-anarchy.

Mursili is assassinated by his brother-in-law, who succeeds him as king Hantili I, shortly after his return home, and the Hittite Empire is plunged into chaos.