Kassite period

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The Kassite period was a phase in Mesopotamian history (c. 16th–12th centuries BCE) when the Kassite dynasty ruled Babylonia, overseeing a stable, long-lasting regime marked by administrative continuity, religious patronage, and extensive cultural and diplomatic ties across the Near East.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical period
period of Mesopotamian history
capital Babylon
characterizedBy administrative continuity
cultural exchange
international diplomacy
long-lasting regime
political stability
religious patronage
country Babylon
surface form: Babylonia
documentedIn Amarna letters
endCause Elamite invasion of Babylonia
endTime circa 12th century BCE
followedBy Second Dynasty of Isin
post-Kassite period in Babylonia
follows Old Babylonian Empire
surface form: Old Babylonian period
governmentType monarchy
hasDiplomaticRelationsWith Assyria
Egypt
Elam
Hittite Empire
Mitanni
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
animal husbandry
long-distance trade
textile production
hasEthnicGroupInPower Kassites
hasImportantCity Babylon
Dur-Kurigalzu
Isin
Larsa
Nippur
Ur
hasLanguage Akkadian
Sumerian (liturgical)
hasNotableRuler Agum II
Burnaburiash II
Kadašman-Enlil I
Kadašman-Enlil II
Kashtiliash IV
Kurigalzu I
Kurigalzu II
hasReligion Mesopotamian religion
surface form: Mesopotamian polytheism
hasRulingDynasty Kassites
surface form: Kassite dynasty
hasWritingSystem cuneiform
knownFor kudurru boundary stones
land grants to elites
rebuilding temples
restoration of cult centers
use of kudurru as legal documents
locatedIn Mesopotamia
Lower Mesopotamia
surface form: southern Mesopotamia
namedAfter Kassites
partOf history of Babylonia
patronDeity Enlil
Marduk
precededBy Old Babylonian Empire
surface form: Old Babylonian period
startTime circa 16th century BCE

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Nippur continuedImportanceIn Kassite period
Late Bronze Age overlapsWith Kassite period
this entity surface form: Kassite Babylonia
Mitanni diplomaticRelations Kassite period
this entity surface form: Kassite Babylonia
Late Bronze Age collapse affectedCivilization Kassite period
this entity surface form: Kassite Babylonia
Niffer religiousImportancePeriod Kassite period
Old Babylonian Empire followedBy Kassite period
this entity surface form: Kassite dynasty of Babylon
Old Babylonian Empire followedBy Kassite period
this entity surface form: Middle Babylonian period
Middle Babylonian associatedWithEmpire Kassite period
this entity surface form: Kassite dynasty of Babylonia
engaged in diplomacy with Mitanni involvesEntity Kassite period
this entity surface form: Kassite Babylonia
Sealand relatedTo Kassite period
this entity surface form: Kassite Babylonia