event · evt_kassite_babylon_end_world_context
End of Kassite rule in Babylonia
Elamite intervention ended the Kassite dynasty and produced a distinct Mesopotamian political transition.
What is the evidence?
observation
Elamite intervention ended the Kassite dynasty and produced a distinct Mesopotamian political transition.proposed causes
The dynastic transition is secure; direct southern Levantine causal connection is not demonstrated here.
Inspect the sources →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.
1155 BCE
Precision: single year approximate
Chronology model: best current range
highThe dynastic transition is secure; direct southern Levantine causal connection is not demonstrated here.
- informs · contextualizes
After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations — Eric H. Cline (2024)Provides scholarly world-context synthesis.
Locator: Babylonia and successor-state chapters
Interpretation and caveats
A major contemporaneous Near Eastern political transformation useful for world orientation, not evidence for a single connected invasion or direct cause in the southern Levant.
Event context
Classification
Event type: dynastic and political transition
Evidence layer: historical
Timeline role: general world context
People and places
Locations: Mediterranean and Assyrian connections, Mediterranean and Assyrian connections
Why it matters to the timeline
It helps readers see that major political change also occurred in Mesopotamia, while explicitly avoiding an unsupported direct southern Levant connection.
Alternative interpretations
- Part of a broad connected systems crisis through trade and diplomatic disruption.
- A largely separate Mesopotamian dynastic sequence.
Research notes
- Provides scholarly world-context synthesis. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Babylonia and successor-state chapters.
Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes
After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations — Eric H. Cline (2024)Provides scholarly world-context synthesis.
Locator: Babylonia and successor-state chapters