Kassite Babylonia

Kassite Babylonia was a state in Mesopotamia (Middle East) that lasted from c. 1595 to 1155 BCE, about 440 years. Its people spoke Isolates and ancient languages (Sumerian, Elamite, Hurrian, Urartian, Hattic, Kassite, Etruscan, Basque, Ainu).

Dynasty of Kassite origin that ruled Babylonia for over four centuries, longer than any other, and wrote to Egypt in the Amarna letters. An Elamite invasion ended it in 1155 BCE.

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Facts

Dates

c. 1595 to 1155 BCE

Duration

440 years

Type

State

Region

Mesopotamia, Middle East

Language family

Isolates and ancient

Capital

Babylon, Dur-Kurigalzu

Came from

• Old Babylonian Empire 1894 to 1595 BCE

Became

• Babylonia (Isin II and later dynasties) c. 1155 to 626 BCE

Events in Middle East during its time

• 1595 BCE Hittites sack Babylon
• 1274 BCE Battle of Kadesh
• 1177 BCE Late Bronze Age collapse

Neighbours in Middle East

• Old Babylonian Empire 1894 to 1595 BCE
• Hittite Empire (New Kingdom) c. 1400 to 1180 BCE
• Old Elamite period c. 2700 to 1500 BCE
• Phoenician city-states c. 1200 to 332 BCE
• Middle Assyrian Empire 1365 to 912 BCE
• Middle Elamite period c. 1500 to 1100 BCE
• Yamhad c. 1810 to 1517 BCE
• Mitanni c. 1550 to 1260 BCE
• Hittite Old Kingdom c. 1650 to 1400 BCE
• Dilmun c. 2800 to 544 BCE

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Minoan civilization c. 3100 to 1450 BCE, Europe
• Shang dynasty c. 1600 to 1046 BCE, East Asia
• New Kingdom of Egypt c. 1550 to 1069 BCE, North and West Africa

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