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Šamaššumaukin 𒌋𒌋𒈬𒁺 | |
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| Born | 7th century BCE Ninua, Assyria |
| Died | 648 BCE Bābilim, Assyria |
| Nationality | Assyrian |
Šamaššumaukin (died 648 BCE) was a vassal ruler of Babylon under the Assyrian Empire. His father, the Assyrian king Aššuraḫaiddina, gave him control of Babylon and the neighboring cities of Borsippa, Dilbat, Kutu, and Sippar, while his brother Aššurbāniapli ruled the rest of the empire.[1]
Šamaššumaukin secretly allied with Egypt, Elam, and the Aramaean and Arab tribes and rebelled against his brother. He fought an inconclusive battle at the fortress of Der. In 651 BCE, the Assyrians organized a coup against king Ummanigash of Elam to prevent the Elamites from supporting Babylon. Babylon fell in mid-648 BCE after a three-year siege, and Šamaššumaukin died in battle.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Grigory Bongard-Levin, Boris Piotrovsky (1988). Ancient Civilisations of East and West. https://archive.org/details/ancientciveastwest/mode/1up.