tribal confederation · Mesopotamia and Iran
Bit-Amukani
Origins
Bit-Amukani, 'House of Amukanu', was one of the three main Chaldean tribes that settled in Babylonia in the early first millennium BCE. It held land along the Euphrates in central and southern Babylonia, around the town of Sapia (Shapiya). The Chaldeans first appear in Assyrian annals in the 9th century BCE.
Rule and society
Chaldean tribes were led by sheikhs who controlled walled towns, date groves and trade routes to the Gulf, and they adopted Babylonian names and culture while keeping tribal organisation. In 732 BCE, after Nabonassar's son had been murdered by a usurper, Nabu-mukin-zeri of Bit-Amukani seized the throne of Babylon, ending the Dynasty of E.
Decline and legacy
Tiglath-Pileser III of the Assyrian Empire besieged Sapia in 731 BCE and by 729 BCE had overthrown Nabu-mukin-zeri and taken Babylon. Bit-Amukani later joined revolts against Assyria, including that of Shamash-shum-ukin, and by the mid-7th century it vanished into Babylonian society.
Few sources survive for this state; details are uncertain.
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- Bit-Amukani paid tribute to Assyrian Empire850 BCE – 650 BCE
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- The Epoch Institute. (2026). Bit-Amukani. In The Epoch Institute States Register. https://the-epoch-institute.org/state/bit-amukani
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