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List Of Kings Of BabylonThe following is a list of the Kings of Babylon, a major city of ancient Mesopotamia, in modern Iraq. This uses the traditional Middle Chronology, although there is now reason to believe it may be too early by as much as a century. Early Kassite Monarchs These rulers did not rule Babylon itself, but their numbering scheme was continued by later Kassite Kings of Babylon, and so they are listed here. Sealand Dynasty (Dynasty II of Babylon) This dynasty also did not actually rule Babylon, but rather the Sumerian regions south of it. Nevertheless, it is traditionally numbered the Second Dynasty of Babylon, and so is listed here. Kassite Dynasty (Third Dynasty of Babylon) Assyrian Governors 1235-1227 BCE Dynasty IV of Babylon, from Isin Dynasty V of Babylon Dynasty VI of Babylon Dynasty VII of Babylon Dynasty VIII of Babylon Dynasty IX of Babylon Dynasty IX of Babylon Dynasty X of Babylon (Assyrians and Chaldeans) - kings, 734-732 BCE
- Nabu-mukin-zeri, 732-721 BCE
- Pulu (Tiglath-Pileser III of Assyria, in opposition), 732-727 BCE
- Marduk-apal-iddina II (the Biblical Merodach-Baladan), 721-710 BCE
- Sargon II of Assyria, 710-705 BCE
- Marduk-zakir-shum, 705 BCE
- Marduk-apal-iddina III, 705-702 BCE
- Bel-ibni, 702-700 BCE
- Ashur-nadin-shumi (son of Sennacherib of Assyria), 699-694 BCE
- Mushezib-Marduk, 693-689 BCE
Assyrian Sack of Babylon, 689 BCE; Babylon is rebuilt by Esarhaddon of Assyria in the 670s BCE Dynasty XI of Babylon (Neo-Babylonian or Chaldean) In 539 BCE, Babylon was captured by Cyrus the Great of Persia, and lost its independence. Babylon
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