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The following is a list of the Kings of Babylon, a major city of ancient Mesopotamia, in modern Iraq.
First Dynasty of BabylonThis uses the traditional Middle Chronology, although there is now reason to believe it may be too early by as much as a century.
Early Kassite MonarchsThese rulers did not rule Babylon itself, but their numbering scheme was continued by later Kassite Kings of Babylon, and so they are listed here.
Sealand Dynasty (Dynasty II of Babylon)This dynasty also did not actually rule Babylon, but rather the Sumerian regions south of it. Nevertheless, it is traditionally numbered the Second Dynasty of Babylon, and so is listed here.
Kassite Dynasty (Third Dynasty of Babylon)
Assyrian Governors 1235-1227 BCE
Dynasty IV of Babylon, from Isin
Dynasty V of BabylonDynasty VI of BabylonDynasty VII of BabylonDynasty VIII of BabylonDynasty IX of Babylon
Dynasty IX of Babylon
Dynasty X of Babylon (Assyrians and Chaldeans)
Assyrian Sack of Babylon, 689 BCE; Babylon is rebuilt by Esarhaddon of Assyria in the 670s BCE
Dynasty XI of Babylon (Neo-Babylonian or Chaldean)
In 539 BCE, Babylon was captured by Cyrus the Great of Persia, and lost its independence.
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