Mushezib-Marduk
Mushezib-Marduk (reigned 693 BC-689 BC),
He led the Babylonian populace in revolt against
Mushezib-Marduk lost his ally when the Elamite king Humban-nimena suffered a stroke later that same year, an opportunity King Sennacherib quickly seized by attacking Babylon, and eventually capturing it after a nine-month siege. To avenge the death of his son, whom the Babylonians had effectively killed when they handed him over to the Elamites in 694 BC, Sennacherib pillaged and burned Babylon, tore down its walls, and even diverted the Euphrates into the city. During the Sack of Babylon, Mushezib-Marduk was most likely murdered.
See also
- Kings of Babylon
References
- ISBN 9781575060491– via Google Books.
- ^ Jean-Jacques Glassner, Mesopotamian Chronicles, Atlanta, 2004, p. 199.
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