Burna-Buriash II

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Burna-Buriash II was a Kassite king of Babylon in the 14th century BCE known for his extensive diplomatic correspondence with other great Near Eastern powers, including Egypt and Assyria.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Historical figure
Kassite king
King of Babylon
assertedControlOver Babylonian cities
Nippur NERFINISHED
capital Babylon NERFINISHED
chronologicalPlacement Middle Babylonian period NERFINISHED
claimedEqualityWith pharaoh of Egypt
complainedAbout insufficient gold from Egypt
mistreatment of Babylonian merchants in Canaan
correspondedWith Akhenaten NERFINISHED
Amenhotep III NERFINISHED
Assyrian kings NERFINISHED
Hittite kings NERFINISHED
Mittani kings NERFINISHED
countryRuled Babylonia NERFINISHED
culture Kassite NERFINISHED
diplomaticPractice royal intermarriage with Egypt
dynasty Kassite dynasty NERFINISHED
era 14th century BCE
father Karaindash NERFINISHED
foreignRelations alliance with Egypt
contacts with Hittite Empire
contacts with Mittani
rivalry with Assyria
knownFor diplomatic correspondence with Assyria
diplomatic correspondence with Egypt
diplomatic correspondence with Hatti
diplomatic correspondence with Mittani
letters in the Amarna archive
languageUsed Akkadian NERFINISHED
mentionedIn Amarna letters NERFINISHED
positionHeld King of Babylon
receivedGift gold from Egypt
regionRuled southern Mesopotamia NERFINISHED
reignEnd c. 1333 BCE
reignStart c. 1359 BCE
religion Mesopotamian polytheism
selfDesignation King of Kassite land
sentGift gold to Egypt
horses to Egypt
lapis lazuli to Egypt
spouse daughter of Kurigalzu I
styleOfAddress brother to Egyptian king
successor Kara-hardash NERFINISHED
Kurigalzu II NERFINISHED
Nazi-Bugash NERFINISHED
title King of Karduniash NERFINISHED
writingSystemUsed cuneiform

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Assyrian king Ashur-uballit I relativeByMarriage Burna-Buriash II
subject surface form: Ashur-uballit I