Abstract

Mesopotamia lived in a state of political chaos after the death of King Hammurabi, as the cuneiform writings mention that the great empire he founded began in it weakness, fragmentation, and political conditions were disturbed during his death and the beginning of the Kashite rule of the country, and the death of Hammurabi followed the independence of the southern parts of Mesopotamia from the influence of the ancient Babylonian state and formed a political organization A monotheist and a ruling dynasty known as the Babylon II dynasty, it played an important role on the stage of political events at the time and had its political weight inside and outside the region and formed one of the most important political poles aspiring to rule Babylon represented by the sea land dynasty, at this time the country became a favorite among the neighboring peoples, including the Hittites who They pushed towards Babylon and subjected it to their political and military influence for a short period that did not last long, as they worked to pave the way and hand over Babylon to another political entity represented by the Kashites, who began with a ruling tribal group that soon had a political and military affair, so they formed one of the ruling poles and were also in conflict over the rule of Babylon. The different forces appear on the political and cultural levels, which led to the emergence of conflicts in What is between them to acquire Babylon.

The article was added to IASJ on 2021-11-16

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