Old Babylonian Empire

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Old Babylonian Empire
c. 1894 BC – c. 1595 BC
The extent of the Old Babylonian Empire at the start and end of Hammurabi of Babylon's reign, c. 1792 BC – c. 1750 BC
Capital	Babylon
Common languages	Akkadian (official), Sumerian (literary), Amorite
Religion	Babylonian religion
Government	Monarchy
King
• c. 1894–1881 BC	Sumu-abum (first)
• c. 1626–1595 BC	Samsu-Ditana (last)
Historical era	Bronze Age
• Established	c. 1894 BC
• Sack of Babylon	c. 1595 BC
• Disestablished	c. 1595 BC
Preceded by Succeeded by Isin-Larsa period Kassite dynasty First Sealand dynasty
Today part of	Iraq Syria

Babylon

Eridu

Isin

Kish

Lagash

Larsa

Mari

Nippur

Sippar

Tuttul

Ur

Uruk

Tell Leilan

Kurda

Nineveh

Tell al-Rimah

Ekallatum

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A map of Iraq showing important sites that were occupied by the First Babylonian Dynasty (clickable map)

The Old Babylonian Empire, or First Babylonian Empire, is dated to c. 1894–1595 BC, and comes after the end of Sumerian power with the destruction of the Third Dynasty of Ur, and the subsequent Isin-Larsa period. The chronology of the first dynasty of Babylonia is debated; there is a Babylonian King List A^[1] and also a Babylonian King List B, with generally longer regnal lengths.^[2] In this chronology, the regnal years of List A are used due to their wide usage.