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Elamite–Babylonian Wars

1764 BCE – 1150 BCE · 614 years

Centuries of intermittent warfare between Babylon and Elam for control of southern Mesopotamia. Hammurabi initially defeated Elam, but Elamite kings later sacked Babylon and carried off the stele of Hammurabi's law code.

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Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • Babylonian Empire
  • Kingdom of Elam

Key moments

Defining events in the Elamite–Babylonian Wars.

  1. 1764 BC Hammurabi's defeat of Elam
  2. 1158 BC Elamite sack of Babylon

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Sea Peoples Invasions

1208 BCE – 1178 BCE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1764 BCE and 1150 BCE.

1595 BCE Kassite Conquest of Babylon 1550 BCE Expulsion of the Hyksos 1539 BCE Valley of the Kings 1500 BCE Tabriz 1470 BCE Temple of Hatshepsut

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

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