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Rebellion of Samsu-iluna against Iluma-ilum
The rebellion of Samsu-iluna against Iluma-ilum was the revolt of southern Babylonia around 1742–1731 BCE, in which Iluma-ilum founded the Sealand dynasty that ruled the far south until about 1475 BCE.
Rebuilding of Babylon by Esarhaddon
The rebuilding of Babylon by Esarhaddon was the Assyrian king's restoration of the city his father Sennacherib sacked in 689 BC, rebuilding Esagil and restoring Marduk's cult.
Rebuilding of the Ishtar Gate
The rebuilding of the Ishtar Gate was Nebuchadnezzar II's reconstruction of Babylon's main gateway with blue glazed bricks showing dragons, bulls, and lions, now displayed in Berlin.
Reforms of Urukagina
The Reforms of Urukagina, also called the Edicts of Urukagina, are royal decrees issued by Urukagina, king of the Sumerian city-state of Lagash, in the mid-24th century BCE.
Religious Chronicle
The Religious Chronicle is a Babylonian chronicle text, designated ABC 17, a late copy of earlier records found in the Esagil temple library at Babylon in the 1870s.
Removal of the Marduk statue by Tukulti-Ninurta I
The removal of the Marduk statue by Tukulti-Ninurta I was the carrying of Babylon's statue of Marduk to Assyria after the Middle Assyrian king captured Kaštiliaš IV, around 1225 BC.
Resettlement policy of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
The resettlement policy of the Neo-Assyrian Empire was a state program of mass deportation that moved millions of people between the 9th and late 7th century BC.
Return of Zimri-Lim to Mari
The return of Zimri-Lim to Mari was the exiled prince's recovery of Mari around 1776 BC, ending Assyrian rule and restoring the Lim dynasty to power.
Revolt of Arrapha
The Revolt of Arrapha was an uprising in the Assyrian provincial city of Arrapha, modern Kirkuk, recorded for 761 and 760 BC under King Ashur-dan III.
Revolt of Ashur-danin-apla
The Revolt of Ashur-danin-apla, the Assyrian civil war of 827–824 BC, was a six-year succession war in which the prince fought his brother Shamshi-Adad V.
Revolt of Assur
The Revolt of Assur was a rebellion in the Assyrian city of Aššur in 763 BCE, under King Aššur-dān III, recorded alongside a solar eclipse.
Revolt of Babylon (626 BC)
The Revolt of Babylon in 626 BC was the Babylonian uprising against Assyrian rule that brought Nabopolassar to the throne in Babylon and, with the Medes, ended the Neo-Assyrian Empire at Nineveh in 612 BC.
Revolt of Guzana
The Revolt of Guzana was an uprising at Guzana, biblical Gozan and modern Tell Halaf, against Assyrian rule in 758 BC, recorded in the Eponym Chronicle under Ashur-dan III.
Revolt of Nabopolassar against Assyria
The Revolt of Nabopolassar against Assyria was the Babylonian uprising from the 620s BC in which Nabopolassar seized the throne of Babylon, founding the Neo-Babylonian dynasty.
Revolt of Rim-Anum
The Revolt of Rim-Anum was the secession of Uruk from Babylon under Samsu-iluna around 1741 BC, part of a wider southern revolt, making Rim-Anum king of Uruk for three years.
Revolt of Shamash-shum-ukin
The Revolt of Shamash-shum-ukin was a civil war of 652 to 648 BC in which Šamaš-šuma-ukīn, king of Babylon, rose against his brother Ashurbanipal of Assyria.
Rim-Anum
Rim-Anum, also known as Rīm-Anum, was an Old Babylonian king of Uruk who took the throne during the southern revolt against Samsu-iluna of Babylon around 1742 BC.
Rim-Sin I
Rim-Sin I (Rīm-Sîn) was the last king of the Larsa dynasty in southern Babylonia, reigning about 1822 to 1763 BC, the longest reign of any known Mesopotamian ruler.
Rim-Sin I's conquest of Isin
Rim-Sin I's conquest of Isin was the capture of Isin by Larsa around 1793 BC, ending the dynasty of Isin and making Rim-Sin ruler of all southern Babylonia.
Rim-Sin II
Rim-Sin II (Rīm-Sîn II) was a rebel king of Larsa who claimed the kingship of southern Mesopotamia in the uprising against Samsu-iluna of Babylon, who defeated and killed him.
Rim-Sin II revolt
The Rim-Sin II revolt, also called the Revolt of Rim-Sin II, was an anti-Babylonian uprising in Larsa, southern Mesopotamia, beginning in Samsu-iluna's year 8 and suppressed within about two years.
Rimush
Rimush (Rîmuš) was a king of the Akkadian Empire and a son of Sargon of Akkad, reigning about 2278–2270 BC; he suppressed southern rebellions, warred against Elam, and was assassinated by his courtiers.
Rimush's campaigns against the Sumerian revolts
Rimush's campaigns against the Sumerian revolts were the military suppression of revolting southern Mesopotamian cities, including Ur, Umma, and Lagash, by Rimush, son of Sargon of Akkad, around 2278–2270 BC.
Rise of Isin
The rise of Isin was the breakaway of Ishbi-Erra, a former official of Ibbi-Sin of Ur, from the Ur III empire around 2017 BC, founding the First Dynasty of Isin.
Rise of Shamshi-Adad I's kingdom
The rise of Shamshi-Adad I's kingdom, about 1808 to 1776 BC, saw the Amorite ruler Shamshi-Adad I build the Kingdom of Upper Mesopotamia from Ekallatum to all Upper Mesopotamia.
Rise of the Sealand dynasty
The rise of the Sealand dynasty (Sealand I) was the emergence of an independent southern Mesopotamian kingdom through rebellion against Babylon in the 18th century BCE.
Šà.zi.ga
Šà.zi.ga (Sa.zi.ga), Akkadian nīš libbi, is a group of Mesopotamian incantations and rituals meant to recover male sexual desire, attested from the second millennium BC.
Saba'a Stele
The Saba'a Stele, or Saba'a stela of Adad-nirari III, is a Neo-Assyrian inscription of King Adad-nērārī III found in 1905 in northern Iraq, now in Istanbul.
Sabium
Sabium, also rendered Sabum or Sābium, was the third king of Babylon's First Dynasty, reigning fourteen years, 1844–1831 BC, known from year names recording temple building, canal work, and wars against Larsa and Kazallu.
Sack of Babylon (689 BC)
The sack of Babylon in 689 BC, also called the destruction of Babylon, was carried out by the Assyrian king Sennacherib after suppressing Mušezib-Marduk's revolt.