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- 1595 BC - Mursilis I, king of the HittitesHittites is the conventional English-language term for an ancient people who spoke an Indo-European language and established a kingdom centered in Hattusa (the modern village of Bogazkoy in todays's north-central Turkey), through most of the second millen, sacks BabylonBabylon was the capital city of Babylonia in Mesopotamia (in contemporary Iraq, about 70 miles south of Baghdad). The name is the Greek form of Babel which is derived in turn from the Semitic form Babilu meaning "The Gate of God". This Semitic word is a t. This brings and end to the rule of the decendants of HammurabiHammurabi (also transliterated Hammu-rapi or Khammurabi was the sixth king of Babylon. Achieving the conquest of Sumer and Akkad, ending the last Sumerian dynasty of Isin, he was the first king of the Babylonian Empire. Hammurabi reigned over Babylon and in that kingdom.
Significant People
- 1597 BC - AaronFor other uses of the word Aaron, see Aaron (disambiguation Aaron Standard Hebrew Aharon Tiberian Hebrew Aharon , a Levite known as the eldest son of Amram and his wife Jochebed, and elder brother of Moses. He is considered the traditional founder, ancest born to AmramAmram Gaon was a Jewish Babylonian sage who lived in the 9th century. In the Book of Exodus, Amram "Friend of the most high ( God)", Standard Hebrew Amram Tiberian Hebrew Amrm is a Levite, the husband of Jochebed and father of Aaron and Moses. According t and his wife JochebedAccording to the Hebrew Bible, Jochebed or Yocheved " The LORD is glory", Standard Hebrew Yoeved / Yoaved Tiberian Hebrew Yoee / Yoe was the wife and aunt of Amram, sister of Kohath and mother of Aaron, Moses, and Miriam ( Exodus 6:20). In Numbers 26:59 s (traditional date)
1590s BCCenturies: 17th century BC 16th century BC 15th century BC Decades: 1640s BC 1630s BC 1620s BC 1610s BC 1600s BC 1590s BC 1580s BC 1570s BC 1560s BC 1550s BC 1540s BC Events and Trends 1595 BC Mursilis I, king of the Hittites, sacks Babylon. This brings a
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