The Babylonian Empire 💂🏾

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- after Hammurabi’s death, his empire fell apart and Babylonia dwindled in size and scope

- in 1595 BCE Babylon was sacked by the Hittites

- Later the Kassites followed the Hittites and re-named the city Karanduniash

- Then the Assyrians followed the Kassites in dominating the region

- While they were under the reign of the Assyrian ruler Sennacherib Babylon, they revolted

- Then Sennacherib had the city sacked, razed, and the ruins scattered as a lesson to others