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Babylon - Printer-friendly - MSN Encarta (226 words) |
 | About 2200 bc it was known as the site of a temple, and during the 21st century bc it was subject to the nearby city of Ur. |
| In 1595 bc the city was captured by the Hittites, and shortly thereafter it came under the rule of the Kassites (c. |
| Later, probably in the 12th century bc, it also became the kingdom’s religious centre, when its principal god, Marduk, was elevated to the head of the Mesopotamian pantheon. |
| CalendarHome.com - 17th century BC - Calendar Encyclopedia (394 words) |
| 1690 BC - Temti-Agun I, the ruler of the Elamite Empire, died. |
| 1655 BC - Tan-Uli, the ruler of the Elamite Empire, died. |
| 1600s BC - The creation of one of the oldest surviving astronomical documents, a copy of which was found in the Babylonian library of Ashurbanipal: a 21-year record of the appearances of Venus (which the early Babylonians called Nindaranna). |
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