Sumu-la-El

Sumu-la-El (also Sumulael or Sumu-la-ilu) was a King in the First Dynasty of Babylon. He reigned c. 1880-1845 BC . He subjugated and conquered nearby cities like Kish and built a string of fortresses around his territory.

References

^ Year names of Sumu-la-El of Babylon - CDLI
^ Boer, Rients de (2018). "Beginnings of Old Babylonian Babylon: Sumu-abum and Sumu-la-El". Journal of Cuneiform Studies. 70: 53–86. doi:10.5615/jcunestud.70.2018.0053. S2CID 165880873 – via ResearchGate.

Kings of Babylon

Period

Dynasty	Kings (foreign ruler vassal king female♀)

Old Babylonian Empire
(1894–1595 BC)

I	Sumu-abum Sumu-la-El Sabium Apil-Sin Sin-Muballit Hammurabi Samsu-iluna Abi-Eshuh Ammi-Ditana Ammi-Saduqa Samsu-Ditana
II	Ilum-ma-ili Itti-ili-nibi Unknown king (?) Damqi-ilishu Ishkibal Shushushi Gulkishar mDIŠ+U-EN Peshgaldaramesh Ayadaragalama Akurduana Melamkurkurra Ea-gamil

Kassite period
(1729–1157 BC)

III

Middle Babylonian period
(1157–732 BC)

IV	Marduk-kabit-ahheshu Itti-Marduk-balatu Ninurta-nadin-shumi Nebuchadnezzar I Enlil-nadin-apli Marduk-nadin-ahhe Marduk-shapik-zeri Adad-apla-iddina Marduk-ahhe-eriba Marduk-zer-X Nabu-shum-libur
V	Simbar-shipak Ea-mukin-zeri Kashshu-nadin-ahi
VI	Eulmash-shakin-shumi Ninurta-kudurri-usur I Shirikti-shuqamuna
VII	Mar-biti-apla-usur
VIII	Nabû-mukin-apli Ninurta-kudurri-usur II Mar-biti-ahhe-iddina Shamash-mudammiq Nabu-shuma-ukin I Nabu-apla-iddina Marduk-zakir-shumi I Marduk-balassu-iqbi Baba-aha-iddina Ninurta-apla-X Marduk-bel-zeri Marduk-apla-usur Eriba-Marduk Nabu-shuma-ishkun Nabonassar Nabu-nadin-zeri Nabu-suma-ukin II

Neo-Assyrian period
(732–626 BC)

IX	Nabu-mukin-zeri Tiglath-Pileser III Shalmaneser V Marduk-apla-iddina II Sargon II Sennacherib Marduk-zakir-shumi II Marduk-apla-iddina II Bel-ibni Aššur-nādin-šumi Nergal-ushezib Mushezib-Marduk Sennacherib Esarhaddon Ashurbanipal Šamaš-šuma-ukin Ashurbanipal Kandalanu Sîn-šumu-līšir Sinsharishkun

Neo-Babylonian Empire
(626–539 BC)

X	Nabopolassar Nebuchadnezzar II Amel-Marduk Neriglissar Labashi-Marduk Nabonidus

Babylon under foreign rule (539 BC – AD 224)

Persian period
(539–331 BC)

XI	Cyrus II Cambyses II Bardiya Nebuchadnezzar III Darius I Nebuchadnezzar IV Xerxes I Shamash-eriba Bel-shimanni Artaxerxes I Xerxes II Sogdianus Darius II Artaxerxes II Artaxerxes III Artaxerxes IV Nidin-Bel (?) Darius III

Hellenistic period
(331–141 BC)

XII	Alexander III Philip III Arrhidaeus Alexander IV Antigonus I Monophthalmus
XIII	Seleucus I Nicator Antiochus I Soter Seleucus Antiochus II Theos Seleucus II Callinicus Seleucus III Ceraunus Antiochus III Megas Antiochus Seleucus IV Philopator Antiochus IV Epiphanes Antiochus Antiochus V Eupator Demetrius I Soter Timarchus Demetrius I Soter Alexander Balas Demetrius II Nicator

Parthian period
(141 BC – AD 224)

XIV

Sumu-la-El

See also

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