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Chaldean prince Marduk-apla-iddina II (the biblical Merodach-Baladan, …
Years: 705BCE - 694BCE
Chaldean prince Marduk-apla-iddina II (the biblical Merodach-Baladan, also called Marduk-Baladan, Baladan and Berodach-Baladan, lit.
“Marduk has given me an Heir”), who had usurped the throne of Babylon in 721 and been ousted by Sargon in 710, returns from exile in Elam and ignites rebellion in Babylonia.
He is able to enter Babylon and be declared king again.
Nine months later, he is defeated near Kish by the Assyrians, but manages to flee to Elam.
He dies in exile a couple of years later.
Assyria’s war against Merodach-Baladan’s Elamite ally continues.
Babylon revolts again in 699.
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People
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- Mesopotamia
- Babylon, Kingdom of
- Elam, (New) Kingdom of
- Assyrian people
- Assyria, (New) Kingdom of (Neo-Assyrian Empire)
Topics
- Younger Subboreal Period
- Iron Age, Near and Middle East
- Iron Age Cold Epoch
- Classical antiquity
- Assyrian Wars of c. 745-609 BCE
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Years: 705BCE - 694BCE
Locations
People
Groups
- Mesopotamia
- Babylon, Kingdom of
- Elam, (New) Kingdom of
- Assyrian people
- Assyria, (New) Kingdom of (Neo-Assyrian Empire)
Topics
- Younger Subboreal Period
- Iron Age, Near and Middle East
- Iron Age Cold Epoch
- Classical antiquity
- Assyrian Wars of c. 745-609 BCE
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions