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Ancient Babylonia - Elam and Assyria
 There is little known about the history of Babylonia after the Amarna Age
until the latter days of the Kassite dynasty. Most of this time period was
characterized by many wars between Babylonia and her two closest neighbors, Elam and Assyria. At one
point Babylonia was invaded and the city of Babylon was captured by an Assyrian king named
Tukulti-Ninurta (1243-1207 BC), who carried off the image of the god Marduk to Assyria. It wasn't too long before the Babylonians recaptured the city and brought back the statue of their deity. The battles between Babylonia and her two rivals Elam and
Assyria continued for decades, but suddenly both enemies made an attack in one
year that brought to an end the Kassite dynasty (1155 BC).
Ancient Babylonia
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