event · evt_end_kassite_babylonia_world_context
End of the Kassite dynasty in Babylonia
Kassite royal rule in Babylonia ended in the mid-twelfth century BCE amid conflict and dynastic change.
What is the evidence?
observation
Kassite royal rule in Babylonia ended in the mid-twelfth century BCE amid conflict and dynastic change.Review and provenance
Specialist reviewer: not recorded. Review date: not recorded.
Dataset workflow: proposed. This is separate from specialist review.
Confidence describes the stated assessment; it does not certify expert approval. How review works.
Chronology
Dating intervals may describe uncertainty or phases; their width alone does not establish event duration.
1160 BCE–1150 BCE
Precision: approximate
highPreferred display range for this event. It preserves positive BCE ordering and does not suppress narrower contexts or alternative chronology models.
- informs · provides chronology
A Catalogue of Cuneiform Sources Pertaining to Specific Monarchs of the Kassite Dynasty — J. A. Brinkman (1977)Anchors the dynastic endpoint.
Locator: Kassite king catalogue and chronology
Interpretation and caveats
This is retained as a distant chronological marker in the wider Bronze-to-Iron Age world; it is not assigned a direct causal role in Cyprus.
Event context
Classification
Event type: dynastic and state transition
Evidence layer: textual historical
Timeline role: general world context
People and places
Locations: Cyprus eastern Mediterranean maritime interaction zone
Why it matters to the timeline
Provides a selective major-world-event marker outside Cyprus for comparison with asynchronous regional transitions.
Research notes
- Anchors the dynastic endpoint. Role: provides chronology. Locator: Kassite king catalogue and chronology.
Evidence and sources
- informs · provides chronology
A Catalogue of Cuneiform Sources Pertaining to Specific Monarchs of the Kassite Dynasty — J. A. Brinkman (1977)Anchors the dynastic endpoint.
Locator: Kassite king catalogue and chronology