Shamash-shum-ukin
7 dated entries naming Shamash-shum-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.
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 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
- 648 BCEShamash-shum-ukin, Assyrian king of Babylonia.source
Named in the same entries
- Babylon (5)
- Ashurbanipal (4)
- Military alliance (2)
- Elam (2)
- Assyria (2)
- Ancient Egypt (1)
- Esarhaddon (1)
- Egyptians (1)
- Persian people (1)
- Arab people (1)
- Babylonia (1)