Person
Apil-Sin
king in the First Dynasty of Babylon
Apil-Sin is a King in the First Dynasty of Babylon.
He reignsc.
1767 BCE - 1749 BCE.
Apil-Sin is the grandfather of Hammurabi, who significantly expanded the Babylonian kingdom.
Little is known of the details of Apil-Sin or his reign as king of Babylon.
The absence of records is often used by scholars to suggest his power and influence were much smaller than that of Hammurabi.