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Apil-Sin

Apil-Sin was an early king of the First Dynasty of Babylon in the nineteenth century BCE and the grandfather of Hammurabi. He strengthened the city and built its walls. His reign belongs to the formative period that preceded the rise of the Babylonian Empire.

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Apil-Sin. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/apil-sin
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