Kassites

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Bronze Age people Iron Age people ancient people ethnic group

The Kassites were an ancient people who ruled Babylonia for several centuries after the fall of the Old Babylonian Empire, leaving a lasting impact on Mesopotamian political and cultural history.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Kassite Babylonia 1
Kassite dynasty 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Bronze Age people ⓘ
Iron Age people ⓘ
ancient people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
approximateRuleEnd c. 12th century BCE ⓘ
approximateRuleStart c. 16th century BCE ⓘ
archaeologicalEvidenceFrom Babylon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dur-Kurigalzu NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nippur NERFINISHED ⓘ
cameToPowerAfter Old Babylonian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
capital Babylon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dur-Kurigalzu NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalInfluence Babylonian administration ⓘ
Babylonian onomastics ⓘ
Babylonian religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
dynastyDuration about four centuries ⓘ
engagedInDiplomacyWith Assyria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Elam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hittite Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Zagros Mountains region NERFINISHED ⓘ
integratedPantheonWith Babylonian gods ⓘ
introducedDeity Shumaliya NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shuqamuna NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor integration into Mesopotamian culture ⓘ
long-lasting dynasty in Babylonia ⓘ
stability of Babylonian kingdom ⓘ
use of kudurru boundary stones ⓘ
languageFamily unclassified language family ⓘ
mentionedIn Amarna letters NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRuler Agum II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Burnaburiash II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kadashman-Enlil I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kadashman-Enlil II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Karaindash NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kashtiliash IV NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kurigalzu I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kurigalzu II NERFINISHED ⓘ
overthrownBy Elamites NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalSystem monarchy ⓘ
predecessorState Old Babylonian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryRegion Babylonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionOfOrigin western Iran ⓘ
religion Mesopotamian polytheism ⓘ
royalTitle King of Babylon NERFINISHED ⓘ
ruled Babylonia NERFINISHED ⓘ
successorState Second Dynasty of Isin NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod Middle Babylonian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedScript cuneiform script ⓘ
wroteIn Akkadian language ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kassite period → hasEthnicGroupInPower → Kassites ⓘ
Middle Elamite period → hasPoliticalRelationWith → Kassites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kassite Babylonia
Kassite period → hasRulingDynasty → Kassites ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kassite dynasty
Kassite period → namedAfter → Kassites ⓘ