Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 1901 – 539 BCE

Babylonia

A state of 1901 – 539 BCE — 1,362 years in the Middle East and North Africa. The atlas records 4 things within it — people 4. Its line of rulers holds 108 people, 34 with dated terms. Its own article says it was conquered by Achaemenid Empire.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
1,362 years
1901 BCE – 539 BCE
Rulers
108
the King of Babylon
Most ground
226,600 km²
in 1400 BCE
Within it
4
recorded rows
Map: Babylonia in 1400 BCE, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Babylonia in 1400 BCE, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 226,600 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.
Babylonia in 1800 BCE, first mapped

1800 BCE · first mapped · 7,800 km²

Babylonia in 1400 BCE, at its largest

1400 BCE · at its largest · 226,600 km²

Babylonia in 615 BCE, last mapped

615 BCE · last mapped · 152,500 km²

The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Babylonia: 1901 BCE – 539 BCE

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.

How it ended, as its article says

Conquered by Achaemenid Empire, -0539. Read from the article's section “History - Fall of Babylon” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.

Babylonia was absorbed into the Achaemenid Empire in 539 BC, becoming the satrapy of Babirush (Old Persian: 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽, romanized: Bābiruš).

One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rulers

The line of King of Babylon.

Sumu-abum · 1894 BCE – 1881 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathHammurabi · 1792 BCE – 1750 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedSamsu-iluna · 1750 BCE – 1711 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathAbi-Eshuh · 1711 BCE – 1684 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathSamsu-Ditana · 1625 BCE – 1595 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathKadashman-Enlil I · 1374 BCE – 1360 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathBurna-Buriash II · 1359 BCE – 1333 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathKurigalzu II · 1332 BCE – 1308 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathAdad-shuma-iddina · 1222 BCE – 1217 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedNabu-apla-iddina · 888 BCE – 855 BCE · no death date to read the end againstShamshi-Adad V · 812 BCE – 811 BCE · left office aliveNabû-mukin-zēri · 732 BCE – 729 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathTiglath-Pileser III · 729 BCE – 727 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedShalmaneser V · 727 BCE – 722 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedMarduk-apla-iddina II · 722 BCE – 710 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathSargon II · 710 BCE – 705 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedSennacherib · 705 BCE – 703 BCE · left office aliveMarduk-zakir-shumi II · 703 BCE – 703 BCE · deposed, the article saysMarduk-apla-iddina II · 703 BCE – 703 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathBel-ibni · 703 BCE – 700 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedAššur-nādin-šumi · 700 BCE – 694 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedNergal-ushezib · 694 BCE – 693 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathMushezib-Marduk · 693 BCE – 689 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedSennacherib · 689 BCE – 681 BCE · killedEsarhaddon · 681 BCE – 669 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedAshurbanipal · 669 BCE – 668 BCE · left office aliveŠamaš-šuma-ukin · 668 BCE – 648 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedAshurbanipal · 648 BCE – 646 BCE · left office aliveKandalanu · 646 BCE – 627 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedSîn-šar-iškun · 626 BCE – 626 BCE · left office aliveSîn-šumu-līšir · 626 BCE – 626 BCE · the term ends after the recorded deathNabopolassar · 626 BCE – 605 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedNebuchadnezzar II · 605 BCE – 562 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedAmel-Marduk · 562 BCE – 560 BCE · deposed, the article saysNeriglissar · 560 BCE – 556 BCE · died in office, manner not recordedLabashi-Marduk · 556 BCE – 556 BCE · no death date to read the end againstNabonidus · 556 BCE – 539 BCE · left office alive1500 BCE1000 BCE
killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on record

111 terms are shared from [object Object].

RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Sumu-abum · from the line of Babylon1894 BCE – 1881 BCE13 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Hammurabi · from the line of Babylon1792 BCE – 1750 BCE42 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Samsu-iluna · from the line of Babylon1750 BCE – 1711 BCE39 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Abi-Eshuh · from the line of Babylon1711 BCE – 1684 BCE27 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Samsu-Ditana · from the line of Babylon1625 BCE – 1595 BCE30 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Kadashman-Enlil I · from the line of Babylon1374 BCE – 1360 BCE14 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Burna-Buriash II · from the line of Babylon1359 BCE – 1333 BCE26 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonesibling
Kurigalzu II · from the line of Babylon1332 BCE – 1308 BCE24 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alonechild
Adad-shuma-iddina · from the line of Babylon1222 BCE – 1217 BCE5 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Nabu-apla-iddina · from the line of Babylon888 BCE – 855 BCE33 yearsending not on record
Shamshi-Adad V · from the line of Babylon812 BCE – 811 BCE1 yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Nabû-mukin-zēri · from the line of Babylon732 BCE – 729 BCE3 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Tiglath-Pileser III · from the line of Babylon729 BCE – 727 BCE2 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Shalmaneser V · from the line of Babylon727 BCE – 722 BCE5 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Marduk-apla-iddina II · from the line of Babylon722 BCE – 710 BCE12 yearsthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Sargon II · from the line of Babylon710 BCE – 705 BCE5 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Sennacherib · from the line of Babylon705 BCE – 703 BCE2 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alonechild
Marduk-zakir-shumi II · from the line of Babylon703 BCE – 703 BCEunder a yeardeposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article
Marduk-apla-iddina II · from the line of Babylon703 BCE – 703 BCEunder a yearthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Bel-ibni · from the line of Babylon703 BCE – 700 BCE3 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Aššur-nādin-šumi · from the line of Babylon700 BCE – 694 BCE6 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Nergal-ushezib · from the line of Babylon694 BCE – 693 BCE1 yearthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Mushezib-Marduk · from the line of Babylon693 BCE – 689 BCE4 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Sennacherib · from the line of Babylon689 BCE – 681 BCE8 yearskilledWikidata's manner of death
Esarhaddon · from the line of Babylon681 BCE – 669 BCE12 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Ashurbanipal · from the line of Babylon669 BCE – 668 BCE1 yearleft office aliveread off the dates alonechild
Šamaš-šuma-ukin · from the line of Babylon668 BCE – 648 BCE20 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonesibling
Ashurbanipal · from the line of Babylon648 BCE – 646 BCE2 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alonesibling
Kandalanu · from the line of Babylon646 BCE – 627 BCE19 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Sîn-šar-iškun · from the line of Babylon626 BCE – 626 BCEunder a yearleft office aliveread off the dates alone
Sîn-šumu-līšir · from the line of Babylon626 BCE – 626 BCEunder a yearthe term ends after the recorded deathread off the dates alone
Nabopolassar · from the line of Babylon626 BCE – 605 BCE21 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Nebuchadnezzar II · from the line of Babylon605 BCE – 562 BCE43 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alonechild
Amel-Marduk · from the line of Babylon562 BCE – 560 BCE2 yearsdeposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own articlechild
Neriglissar · from the line of Babylon560 BCE – 556 BCE4 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone
Labashi-Marduk · from the line of Babylon556 BCE – 556 BCEunder a yearending not on recordchild
Nabonidus · from the line of Babylon556 BCE – 539 BCE17 yearsleft office aliveread off the dates alone

108 rulers, 34 with terms dated as terms, covering 1894 BCE – 539 BCE. Median reign 5 years. 3 of 36 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

1600 BCE1400 BCE1200 BCE1000 BCE800 BCE

97,200 km² in 1751 BCE, 152,500 km² in 601 BCE; at its largest 226,600 km² in 1351 BCE. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

2000 BCE – 1901 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other2000 BCE1900 BCE – 1801 BCE: 1 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other1800 BCE – 1701 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1800 BCE1700 BCE – 1601 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1600 BCE – 1501 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1600 BCE1500 BCE – 1401 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1400 BCE – 1301 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1400 BCE1300 BCE – 1201 BCE: 1 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other1200 BCE – 1101 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1200 BCE1100 BCE – 1001 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1000 BCE – 901 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1000 BCE900 BCE – 801 BCE: 1 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other800 BCE – 701 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other800 BCE700 BCE – 601 BCE: 1 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other600 BCE – 501 BCE: 0 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other600 BCE

1900 BCE – 1801 BCE1 row

1300 BCE – 1201 BCE1 row

900 BCE – 801 BCE1 row

700 BCE – 601 BCE1 row

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood1,362 years

    stood longer than 99% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held226,600 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 61% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.

  • Wars recorded per centurynone

    had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median5 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 18% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record108

    has more rulers on record than 99% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q47690 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.