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Kashtiliash IV

r. c. 1232–1225 BCE · 13th century BCE

Kashtiliash IV was a Kassite king of Babylon in the thirteenth century BCE. Around 1225 BCE he was defeated and captured by the Assyrian king Tukulti-Ninurta I, who carried him in chains to Assur and took control of Babylon, a victory celebrated in the Assyrian poem known as the Tukulti-Ninurta Epic.

Kashtiliash IV — Image: V. Scheil · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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APA: The Epoch Institute. (2026). Kashtiliash IV. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kashtiliash-iv
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