Page "Babylonia" Paragraph 25

Babylon did not begin to recover until the reigns of Adad-shuma-usur ( 1218 BC-1189 BC ) and Meli-Shipak II ( 1188 BC-1172 BC ).

War continued under subsequent kings as the Elamite ruler Shutruk-Nahhunte conquered most of Babylonia and finally overthrew the Kassites.

Poetical works have been found lamenting this disaster.