event · evt_world_end_kassite_babylonia
End of Kassite rule in Babylonia
Elamite campaigns and dynastic change ended the long Kassite period in Babylonia during the mid-twelfth century BCE.
What is the evidence?
observation
Elamite campaigns and dynastic change ended the long Kassite period in Babylonia during the mid-twelfth century BCE.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–1150 BCE
Precision: range
highContextual record outside all or part of the primary interval.
- informs · contextualizes
Kassites — Encyclopaedia Iranica contributorsProvides the dynastic context.
Locator: Chronology and end of the Kassite dynasty
Interpretation and caveats
The transition is a major Mesopotamian political reorganization useful for orienting the wider Late Bronze to Iron Age world.
Event context
Classification
Event type: dynastic end and political reorganization
Evidence layer: historical
Timeline role: general world context
People and places
Locations: Babylonia world-context frame
Why it matters to the timeline
This event is included for reader orientation; chronological overlap does not imply a Central Asian cause, effect or awareness.
Research notes
- Provides the dynastic context. Role: contextualizes. Locator: Chronology and end of the Kassite dynasty.
Evidence and sources
- informs · contextualizes
Kassites — Encyclopaedia Iranica contributorsProvides the dynastic context.
Locator: Chronology and end of the Kassite dynasty
Referenced records
- Babylonia world-context frame · entity