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Samsu-iluna

Samsu-iluna was king of Babylon and the son and successor of Hammurabi. Shortly after his accession he faced a major rebellion of southern cities led by Rim-Sin II, which he crushed at the cost of destroying the walls of Ur, Uruk and Isin. His reign also saw the breakaway of the Sealand Dynasty in the south, halving the empire.

Samsu-iluna
Image: Budge, E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis), Sir, 1857-1934; King, L. W. (Leonard William), 1869-1919 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Babylonian EmpireDeclineUrukDecline

Mentioned in 3 state histories

LarsaApumSealand dynasty

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Samsu-iluna. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/samsu-iluna
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