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- noun A member of an ancient people who ruled
Babylonia between 1600 and 1200 BC - proper noun An ancient
language spoken by the Kassites
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Stabilization of Babylonian art; typical 'Kassite' cylinder-seals with straight sides (XIV, Fig. 6); disappearance of old non-cuneiform character with gradual disuse of Sumerian; early stone-cut inscriptions in cuneiform (see XV, Fig. 16; an Elamite inscription).
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Kassite, reign of Burnaburiash II, inscription of Kidin-Marduk, ca. 1359-1333 B.C.
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The Hittites did not remain, but Babylonian authority was broken, allowing the Kassite seizure of power.
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Enlil-nadin-ahhi (11591139) was the last Kassite king of Babylon.
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After the Kassite defeat, a new dynasty arose in Isin under Marduk-kabit-ahheshu (11561139) which eventually retook Babylon.
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Kurigalzu I, the Kassite king of Babylonia, conquered Elam around 1400 (See 15951150).
c. The Elamites 2001
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The divine attributes with which the Semitic kings of Babylonia had been invested disappeared at the same time; the title of "god" is never given to a Kassite sovereign.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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(Marduk-nadin-akh [= e]) of Babylonia, where the Kassite dynasty had finally succumbed to Elamite attacks and a new line of kings was on the throne.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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After the Kassite conquest of the country, northern Babylonia came to be known as
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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Kassite, Middle Babylonian, and Early Assyrian periods; c.
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