Mesopotamia

	CHRONOLOGY of MESOPOTAMIA BABYLON


I	BABYLON I 16 kings 287 years			known yrs
	King(dates BC)	start	end	reign
1	Sumu‑abu	1894	1880
2	Sumi‑la‑ilu	1880	1844			CAMBRIDGE
3	Zabum	1844	1830			ANCIENT
4	Apil‑sin	1830	1813			HISTORY
5	Sin‑Muballit	1813	1793
6	Hammurabi	1792	1750	43		1792	1750
7	Samsu‑iluna	1749	1712	38		1749	1712
8	Abi‑Eshuh	1711	1684	28		1711	1684
9	Ammi‑ditana	1683	1647	37		1683	1647
10	Ammi‑saduga	1646	1626	21		1646	1626
11	Samsu‑ditana	1625	1595	31		1625	1595
	Babylon sacked by Mursalis the Hittite

II	Kassite Dynasty or Second Dynasty at Babylon
1	Gandash	1736	1710	16		ca 1720
2	Agum I	1710	1700	22	son	ca 1700
3	Kashtillnash I	1700	1680	22	son	ca 1680
4	Ushshi	1680	1672	8	son	ca 1655
4	Abirattash	1672	1654		brother
	(Kashtiliash II ?)					ca 1635
5	Tazzigurumash	1654	1635
	(or Urzigerumash)					ca 1625
6	Kharba‑Shipak	1635	1616			ca 1600
7	Tiptakzi	1616	1598			ca 1585
8	Agum II	1598	1578		son 5	ca 1570
9	Kurgalizu I	1578	1559
10	Meli‑Sipak I	1559	1540
11	Nazi‑Marut‑tash I	1540	1521
12	Burnaburiash I	1521	1502			ca 1500
	(possible missing king)					ca 1480
13	Kashtiliash II(?3)	1502	1483		son 12	ca 1470
14	Ulamburiash	1483	1475	bro.	son 12	ca 1460
15	Agum III	1475	1464		son 13	ca 1450
16	name lost	1464	1445
17	Kariandash	1445	1404	note	#18	ca 1425
18	Kadashman‑Kharbe I	1401	1401	CAH	#17	ca 1430
19	Kurgalizu II	1401	1388		son 18	ca 1400
20	Kadashman‑Enlil	1388	1369		son 19
21	Burmaburiash II	1375	1347	29		1375	1347
22	Kurgalizu III	1346	1319	22 or 23		1345	1324
23	Nazi‑Marut‑Tash II	1318	1291	26		1323	1298
24	Kadashman‑Turgu	1291	1273	17 or 18		1287	1280
25	Kadashman‑Enlil	1273	1266	16 or 6		1279	1265
26	Kudur‑Enlil	1265	1255	9		1264	1256
27	Shagarakti‑Shuriash	1255	1241	13		1255	1243
28	Kashtiliash III	1241	1232	8		1242	1235
29	Enlil‑nadin‑Shumi	1232	1231	1.5		1234	1233
	(Assyrian domination)					1234	1228
30	Kadashman‑Kharbe	1231	1230	total 3 w above			1225
31	Adad‑Shum‑iddin	1229	1223	6		1224	1219
	(or Adad‑Shum‑usur)	(or Ramen‑Shum‑iddina)
32	Adad‑Shum‑Nasir	1223	1192	30
	(or Ramen‑Shuma‑Usur)					1218	1189
33	Melishapak II	1192	1177	15		1188	1174
34	Merrodash‑Baladan I	1177	1164	13
	(Meli‑Shikhu; Marduk‑apla‑iddina)			or 15		1173	1161
35	Zababa‑Shum‑iddin	1164	1163	1		1160
36	Enlil‑Nadin‑ahe	1163	1160	3		1159	1157
Total 36 Kings 576 years sum listed

III Second Dynasty from Isin Ruling at Babylon
1	MardukKabit‑ahheshu	1160	1142	18		1156	1139
2	Itti‑Marduk‑Balatu	1142	1134	8		1138	1131
3	Ninurta‑Nadin‑Usur	1133	1128	6
4	Nabu‑Kudurri‑usur I	1127	1106	22
5	Enlil‑Nadin‑apli	1105	1102	4
6	Marduk‑nadin‑ahhe	1101	1084	13		ca 1090
6a	Itti‑Marduk‑Balati					ca 1080
7	Marduk‑sapik‑zeri	1083	1071	12
8	Adad‑apal‑iddina	1071	1049	22	son 6a
9	Marduk‑ahhe(?)eriba	1048	1048	1.5
10	Marduk‑zer‑...	1048	1036	12 or 13
11	Nabu‑sumi‑libur	1035	1028	8 or 9		ca 1050
Total 11 Kings 132 Years

IV The Second Sealand Dynasty
1	SimmasShihu(Shipak)	1027	1010	18	{17/14?}
2	Ea‑mukin‑zeri	1010	1010	5 mo
3	Kassu‑nadin‑akhe	1009	1007	3		ca 1010
Total 3 kings 20 years

V The Basu Dynasty
1	E‑Ulmas‑sakin‑sumi	1006	990	17 or 14
2	Ninurta‑kudur‑usur II	II 989	987	3
3	Sirikti‑Suquamuna	987	987	3 mo		ca 1000
Total 3 kings 19 years

1 king "Dynasty" at Elam
1	Marbiti‑apal‑urur	986	981	6

VII Dynasty at Babylon
1	Nabu‑mukin‑apli	980	945	36
2	Ninurta‑Kudur‑usurII	945	944	8mo 12da
3	Marbiti‑ahe‑iddin	944	933
4	Shamash‑mudammik	933	894
5	Nabu‑Shum‑ukin	894	880
6	Nabu‑apal‑iddin	889	851
7	Marduk‑bel‑esate	851	851	son 6		851	850
	(CAH Marduk‑zakir‑shum son 6)			11
8	Marduk‑balatsu‑ikib	830	815	son 6 11+			811
9	Bau‑ahe‑iddin	815	811
5 Kings from 811‑806 incl.		Adad‑shum‑ibni
15	Marduk‑bel‑zeri	805	804
16	Marduk‑apal‑usur	804	802
17	Eriba‑marduk	802	762
18	Nabu‑Shum‑ishkum	762	747				747
19	Nabu‑Nasir‑...	747	734			747	734
20	Nabu‑Nadin‑zeri	734	732
21	Nabu‑Shum‑Ukin II	732	730
Total 21 kings 258 years

VII Assyrian rule at Babylon
1	Ukin‑zer	732	729			732	729
2	Pulu(Tiglath‑Pileser)	729	727			729	727
3	Ululai(Shalmaneser V)	727	722			727	722
4	Marduk‑apal‑iddin	722	710
	(Merodach‑baladan)					722	710
5	Sargon II	710	705			710	705
6	Sennacherib	705	703			705	703
7	Marduk‑zakin‑Shumi II	703	703			703
8	Marduk‑apal‑iddin II	703	702
9	Bel‑ibni	702	699			702	700
10	Ashur‑nadin‑shumi	699	693			700	694
11	Nergal‑usezib	693	692			694	693
12	Mushezib‑Marduk	692	688			693	689
13	Sennacherib II	688	681			689	681
14	Esarhaddon	681	668			681	668
15	Shamash‑Shum‑ukin	668	648			668	647
16	Kandalanu	647	626			647	625
	NOTE one year offset 699‑538, 700‑539, probably +1 correct
VIII The Chaldean Dynasty at Babylonn
1	Nabopolassar	625	604			625	605
2	Nebuchadnezzar II	604	561			605	562
3	Awel‑Marduk	561	559			562	560
4	Neriglassar	559	556			560	556
5	Labash‑Marduk	556	555			556	539
6	Nabonidus	555	538			539

IX PERSIAN KINGS at BABYLON
1	Cyrus	558	529			550-46	529
2	Cambyses	529	521			529	522
3	Darius	521	485			522	485
4	Xerxes I	485	465			485	465
5	Arataxerxes I	465	424			465	424
6	Xerxes II	424	424			424	424
7	Darius II	424	404			424	404
8	Artaxerxes II	404	359			404	359
9	Artaxerxes III	359	338			359	338
10	Arses	338	336			338	336
11	Darius III	336	331			336	331

X	Alexander the Great	331	323			331	323

CHRONOLOGY OF MESOPOTAMIA ASSYRIA
Phases
700 yr cycle
	I Early Kings of Assyria		start				end			Known
		name			date		date			reign
	1	Tudija								yrs
	2	Adamu
	3	Jangi
	4	Kitlamu
	5	Harharu
	6	Mandaru
	7	Imsu
	8	Harsu
	9	Didanu
	10	Hanu
	11	Zuabu
	12	Nuabu
	13	Abazu
	14	Belu
	15	Azarah
	16	Uspia
	17	Apaisal son of Uspia
	18	Hale son of Apiasal
	19	Samanu son of Hale
	20	Hajanu son of Samanu
	21	Ilu‑Mer son of Hajanu
	22	Jakmesi son of Ilu‑Mer
	23	Jakeni son of Jakmesi
	24	Jazkur‑ilu son of Jakmeni
	25	Ila‑Kabkabi son of Jazkur‑Ilu
	26	Aminu son of Ila‑Kabkaki
	27	Sulili son of Amini
	28	Kikkia
	29	Akai
	30	Puzur‑Assur I
Dynasty at ASSUR
M‑1	30	Puzur‑Assur I
	31	Sallim‑ahha
	32	Ilu‑suma			ca 1890
	33	Erisu			ca 1880						Cambridge
	34	Ilkunu									Ancient
	35	Sarru‑kin (Sargon I)									History
	36	Puzur‑Assur II									Date
	37	Narin‑Sin (or Rim Sin)
	38	Erisu
	39	Samsi‑Adad (son Igur‑Kabkabu)			1814		1782			33	18??	1781
		or Shamshi‑Adad
	40	Ishme‑Dagan I			1781		1742			4-50	1780	1741
M‑2	41	Assur‑Dugal			1742		1636			6
		C.A.H. = Mut‑Ashkur (son)									1740	?
		CAH Rimu(sh)? name uncertain
		CAH Asinum grandson #39;Anarchy to Adasi								8
	42	Asur‑apla‑idi "At the same time as Assur‑Dugul
	43	Nasir‑Sin 6 kings, sons of a nobody
	44	Sin‑Namir ruled also"
	45	Ibqi‑Istar
	46	Adad‑salulu
	47	Adasi (CAH=Asinum grandson #39)
	48	Belu‑Bani			1736		1726			10	1700	1691
	49	Libaja (or Shanai)			1726		1709			17	1690	1674
	50	Sarma‑Adad			1709		1696			12	1673	1662
	51	Ip‑Tar‑sin(Gimil‑Sin)			1696		1684			12	1661	1650
	52	Bazaja (or Zimzai)			1684		1656			28	1649	1622
	53	Lullaja			1656		1650			6	1621	1615
	54	Kidin‑Ninua(SHI‑nunai)			1650		1635			14	1615	1601
	55	Sarma‑Adad II			1635		1630			3	1601	1599
	56	Erisu (CAH Erishum III)			1630		1627			13	1598	1586
M‑5	57	Samsi‑Adad II (Shamsi‑Adad II)			1627		1610			6	1585	1580
M‑6	58	Isme‑Adad II (Ishme‑Dagan II)			1610		1594			16	1579	1564
M‑7	59	Samsi‑Adad III			1594		1577			16	1563	1548
	60	Assur Nirari I			1577		1550			26	1547	1522
	61	Puzur‑Assur III			1550		1526			24	1521	1498
	61a	Ishme Dagan III			1526		1512			missing
	61b	Assur‑Nirari II			1512		1508			missing
	61c	Puzur‑Assur IV			1508		1486			missing
	62	Enlil‑Nasir I			1486		1473			13	1497	1485
	63	Nur‑ili			1472		1460			12	1484	1473
	64	Assur‑saduni			1460		1460			1mo	1472
M‑5	65	Assur‑Rabbi I			1460		1437			20	1472	1453
M‑6	66	Assur‑nadin‑ashhe I			1437		1436			1-20	1452	1433
M‑7	67	Enlil‑nasir II			1436		1430			6	1432	1427
	68	Assur‑nirari III			1430		1424			7	1426	1420
	69	Assur‑bel‑nisesu			1424		1416			9	1419	1411
	70	Assur‑rim‑niesesu			1416		1408			8	1410	1403
	71	Assur‑nadin‑ahhe II			1408		1397			10	1402	1393
	72	Eriba‑Adad I			1397		1369			27	1392	1366
	73	Assur‑uballit I			1368		1332			36	1365	1330
	74	Enlil‑nirari			1331		1321			10	1329	1320
	75	Arik‑den‑ili			1320		1308			12	1319	1308
M‑8	76	Adad‑nirari I			1307		1275			3233	1307	1275
	77	Salmannasarid I(ShalmaneserI)			1274		1245			30	1274	1245
	78	Tukulti‑Ninurta I			1244		1208			37	1244	1208
	79	Assur‑Nadin‑apli		1207		1204			3-4		1207	1204
	80	Assur‑Nirari IV			1204		1198			6	1203	1198
	81	Enlil‑Kudur‑Usur			1197		1193			5	1197	1193
	82	Ninurta‑apil‑Ekur			1192		1180			13	1192	1180
M‑9	83	Assur‑dan I			1179		1134			46	1179
	84	Ninurta‑Tukeuti‑Assur			1134		1133			2
	85	Mutakkil‑Nusku			1133		1133			1-		1134
	86	Asur‑res‑isi I			1133		1116			18
	87	Tukulti‑apil‑Essarra			1115		1077			39		1059
M‑1		(Tiglath‑Pileser)						CAH			d ca 1059
	88	Asarid‑apil‑Ekur			1075		1074			2
		(CAH Ninurta‑apal‑ekur II)
	89	Assur‑bel‑kala (s # 87)			1074		1057			18		1050
	90	Eriba‑Adad II			1057		1054			2
	91	Samsi‑Adad IV (s #87)			1054		1050			4	died	1039
	92	Asur‑nasir‑apli I			1049		1030			19	1038
		(CAH Shalmaneser II 1019)
	93	Ulmanu‑Asarid II			1029		1017			12		1007
	94	Ashur‑Nirari V			1017		1011			6	1007	1002
F‑1	95	Ashur‑rabi II			1010		970			41	1001
	96	Assur‑res‑isi II			970		966			5		957
	97	Tukkulti‑apil‑Esarra			966		935			32	956	933
F‑2		(Tiglath‑Pileser)
	98	Assur‑dan II			934		912			23	933	911
	99	Adad‑nirari II			911		891			21	911	889
	100	Tukulti‑Ninurta II			890		884			7	889	884
	101	Assur‑nasir‑apli II			883		859			25	884	859
	102	Sulmanuasarid(ShalmaneserIII)			858		824			35	859	824
	103	Samsi‑Adad V			823		810			13	824	811
		(Sammu‑ramat rebel)									811	808
	104	Adad‑nirari III			805		782			28	811	782
	105	Sukmanu‑asarid(ShalmaneserIV)			781		772			10	782	772
	106	Assur‑dan III			773		754			18	772	754
	107	Assur‑Nirari V			753		744			10	754	744
	108	Tukulti‑apil‑Esarra			745		727			18	744	727
F‑3		(Tiglath‑Pileser V)
	109	Sulmanu‑asarid(Shalmaneser V)			727		722			5	727	722
	110	Sargon II			721		705				722	705
	111	Sennacherib (son 110)			705		681				705	681
F‑4	112	Esharhaddon (son 111)			680		669				681	669
	113	Ashurbanipal (son 112)			668		626				669	626
	114	Assur‑etil‑ilani (son 113)			626		621				626	621
	115	Sin‑shar‑ishkun(son 113,b114)			620		612				620	612
F‑4	116	Assur‑ubalit			611		606				612
F‑4	Capture of nineveh and Ashur by Babylon/End dynasty 606
CAH "Fall Nineveh 612"
F‑4		Nebuchadresser II of Babylon 605 BC

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