The Hittites sack Babylon
Mursili I's raid ends the dynasty of Hammurabi
The Hittite king Mursili I led a long raid down the Euphrates and sacked Babylon. The First Dynasty of Babylon, Hammurabi's line, fell, and the Kassites ruled Mesopotamia for four centuries. By the 'middle chronology' the raid is dated to 1595 BC.
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