the Kassites

1,180 BC
Kassites
Zagros Mountains
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Around 1,180 BC it is believed that the Kassites arrived from the Zagros Mountains. Not much is known of their early years.

1,595 BC
Hittites
Hittite Mesopotamia
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The Hittites, under the rule of King Murshili I, marched into Mesopotamia and destroyed the Amorite Kingdom of Yamhad and raided Babylon and then withdrew.

1,570 BC
Kassites
Kassite Rule starts
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The Hittites having left Babylon sacked and looted, left the Amorites, Haneans and Kassites to battle it out for rule. The Kassites gained control, some believe with the aid of the Hittites.

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1,500 BC
Kassite
The rule of Agum II
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Not much of Kassite history is known up to 1,500 BC, when Agum II took power of Babylon, however, it is believed that he united the people when he returned the stolen statue of Mardoc back to Babylon.

1,475 BC
Kassites
Conquer of Sealand Dynasty lands
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Agum III conquered the Sealand Dynasty lands to their South in 1475 and the King of the Sealands escaoed to Elam.

 

1,333 BC
Babylon
Assyrian Power
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The borders between Assyria and Babylonia were clearly defined and peace was maintained by the intermarriage of royalty. So, when the Babylonian king Kara-Hardash, who was married to the Assyrian kings daughter was assassinated by his own men, Asur-uballit I, king of Assyria marched into Babylon and killed Nazi-Bugash the reigning king, putting Kurigalzu in power to reign.

1,243 BC
Babylon
Assyrian Power Continues
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Assyrian King Tukulti-Ninurta I, after attacking the Hittites and then forming a treaty, then attacked the Kassites and put a puppet king in place. 

1,158 BC
Babylon
Kassite Reign over
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The Assyrians attacked again, when the Kassites were in decline. The Elamites also attacked and in 1,155 BC the last Kassite King Enlil-nadin-ahi was captured and taken to Elam.

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