Šamaš-šuma-ukin

Babylonian king

7 dated entries naming Šamaš-šuma-ukin, drawn from 6 separate years between 668 BCE and 648 BCE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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7th century BC

668 BCEShamash-shum-ukin, second son of the late Assyrian king Esarhaddon, becomes king of Babylon.source
656 BCEKing Shamash-shum-ukin of Babylon forms a secret alliance with Arabs, Aramaeans, Elamites, Persians, and Egyptians against his half brother Ashurbanipal.source
652 BCEElam 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.source
651 BCEKing 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.source
649 BCEA revolt led by Shamash-shum-ukin is crushed by the Assyrians.source
648 BCEShamash-shum-ukin, Assyrian king of Babylonia.source
648 BCEBabylon 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.source

Šamaš-šuma-ukin

7th century BC

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