{"slug": "shamash-shum-ukin", "label": "Shamash-shum-ukin", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamash-shum-ukin", "wikidata": null, "qid": null, "description": null, "entries": 7, "years": 6, "span": [-667, -647], "span_label": ["668 BCE", "648 BCE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 6}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "babylon", "label": "Babylon", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "ashurbanipal", "label": "Ashurbanipal", "shared": 4}, {"slug": "military-alliance", "label": "Military alliance", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "elam", "label": "Elam", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "assyria", "label": "Assyria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "ancient-egypt", "label": "Ancient Egypt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "esarhaddon", "label": "Esarhaddon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "egyptians", "label": "Egyptians", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "persian-people", "label": "Persian people", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "arab-people", "label": "Arab people", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "babylonia", "label": "Babylonia", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": -667, "year_label": "668 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Shamash-shum-ukin, second son of the late Assyrian king Esarhaddon, becomes king of Babylon.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510235#Middle_East", "title": "668 BC", "revid": 1370510235, "section": "Events › By Place › Middle East"}}, {"year": -655, "year_label": "656 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Shamash-shum-ukin of Babylon forms a secret alliance with Arabs, Aramaeans, Elamites, Persians, and Egyptians against his half brother Ashurbanipal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510215#Assyria", "title": "656 BC", "revid": 1370510215, "section": "Events › By place › Assyria"}}, {"year": -651, "year_label": "652 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Elam withdraws from her alliance with king Shamash-shum-ukin of Babylon, who launches a premature attack on his half brother Ashurbanipal at year's end without waiting for reinforcements that have been promised by the Egyptian king Psamtik I.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510221#Middle_East", "title": "652 BC", "revid": 1370510221, "section": "Events › Middle East"}}, {"year": -650, "year_label": "651 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "King Ashurbanipal defeats the Babylonian army of his half brother Shamash-shum-ukin and surrounds the fortified city of Babylon. Beginning a 3-year siege during which the Assyrians will defeat Shamash-shum-ukin's allies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510249#Middle_East", "title": "651 BC", "revid": 1370510249, "section": "Events › Middle East"}}, {"year": -648, "year_label": "649 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "A revolt led by Shamash-shum-ukin is crushed by the Assyrians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370510224#Events", "title": "649 BC", "revid": 1370510224, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": -647, "year_label": "648 BCE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Babylon falls to Assyrian forces after a 3-year siege (see 651 BC); starved out by his half brother Ashurbanipal, king Shamash-shum-ukin commits suicide in his burning palace, as the Assyrians slaughter his city's garrison and much of its population.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372392769#Middle_East", "title": "648 BC", "revid": 1372392769, "section": "Events › Middle East"}}, {"year": -647, "year_label": "648 BCE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Shamash-shum-ukin, Assyrian king of Babylonia.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372392769#Deaths", "title": "648 BC", "revid": 1372392769, "section": "Deaths"}}]}