Mursili I

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Mursili I

Mursili I was a king of the Hittites

Hittites

The Hittites were an ancient Anatolian people who spoke a Hittite language of the Anatolian languages of the Indo-European languages family, and established a kingdom centered at Hattusa in north-central Anatolia ca....
ca. 1556 – 1526 BC (short chronology), and was the grandson of his predecessor, Hattusili I

Hattusili I

Labarna II was the first king of the Hittite empire to reign from Hattusa , taking the throne name of Hattusili I on that occasion. He reigned ca....
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Mursili is credited with the conquest of the kingdom of Yamhad

Yamhad

Yamhad was an ancient Amorite kingdom centered at Halab . A substantial Hurrian population also settled in the kingdom, and the Hurrian culture influenced the area....
and it's capital, Aleppo

Aleppo

Aleppo is a city in northern Syria, capital of the Aleppo Governorate; the Governorate extends around the city for over 16,000 km? and has a population of 4,393,000, making it the largest Governorate in Syria by population....
, in northern Syria

Syria

Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is an Arab-majority country in Southwest Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Israel to the southwest, Jordan to the south, Iraq to the east, and Turkey to the north....
. Ca. 1531 BC, Mursili led an unprecedented march of 2000 km south into the heart of Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia

Mesopotamia is the area of the Tigris-Euphrates river system, along the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, largely corresponding to modern Iraq, as well as some parts of northeastern Syria, some parts of southeastern Turkey, and some parts of the Khuzestan Province of southwestern Iran....
where he sacked the city of Babylon

Babylon

Babylon was a city-state of ancient Mesopotamia, sometimes considered an empire, the remains of which can be found in present-day Al Hillah, Babil Governorate, Iraq, about 85 kilometers south of Baghdad....
, bringing an end to the Amorite

Amorite

Amorite refers to a Semitic language people who occupied the country west of the Euphrates from the second half of the 3rd millennium BC. The term Amurru refers to them, as well as to their principal deity....
dynasty of Hammurabi

Hammurabi

Hammurabi Hammurabi is known for the set of laws called Code of Hammurabi, one of the first written Civil code in recorded history. These laws were written on a stone tablet standing over six feet tall that was found in 1901....
. This raid did not result in any Hittite control over Babylonia, but did result in the emergence of the Kassites

Kassites

The Kassites were an ancient Near Eastern tribe who gained control of Babylonia after the fall of the Old Babylonian Empire after ca. 1531 BC to ca....
as the rulers there.

When Mursilis returned to his kingdom, he was assassinated in a conspiracy led by his brother-in-law, Hantili I

Hantili I

Hantili I was a king of the Hittites , ruling for 30 years, ca. 1526 ? 1496 BC .See also* History of the HittitesExternal links...
(who took the throne), and Hantili's son-in-law, Zidanta I

Zidanta I

Zidanta I was a king of the Hittites , ruling for 10 years, ca. 1560 ? 1550 BC .See also* History of the HittitesExternal links...
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