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Mardukaplaiddina II 𐡌𐡓𐡃𐡊𐡁𐡋𐡃𐡍 𒀭𒈩𒀀𒋧𒈾 | |
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| Born | 8th century BCE Chaldea, Babylonia |
| Died | c. 694 BCE Elam |
| Nationality | Chaldean |
Mardukaplaiddina II (died c. 694 BCE) was a Chaldean chieftain and king of Babylon. During the reign of Šarrukīn II of Assyria, he took control of Babylonia from the Assyrians and allied with king Humbannikaš of Elam. In 720 BCE, he defeated the Assyrians and drove them out of Babylonia for ten years. Šarrukīn attacked again in 710 BCE and overthrew Mardukaplaiddina, who fled to the south.[1]
While in exile, Mardukaplaiddina took control of the trading routes in his homeland of Bit-Yakin. He allied with king Ḥizqiyyāhū of Judah, who was a vassal of Assyria, as well as Elam and the Phoenician cities of Adad, Ašqalōn, and Ṣūr. In 703 BCE, Mardukaplaiddina again overthrew the Assyrian rule of Babylon, and another war began between Elam and Assyria. After the Assyrians defeated his Elamite allies, he escaped into the marshes in the south of Babylon. He renewed his alliance with Elamites in 700 BCE. When the Assyrian forces began advancing, he fled into the marshes of Elam and disappeared.[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.