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Marduk-zakir-shumi I
king of Babylonia
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history of Mesopotamia
- In history of Mesopotamia: Shalmaneser III and Shamshi-Adad V of Assyria
In Babylonia, Marduk-zakir-shumi I ascended the throne about the year 855. His brother Marduk-bel-usati rebelled against him, and in 851 the king was forced to ask Shalmaneser for help. Shalmaneser was only too happy to oblige; when the usurper had been finally eliminated (850), Shalmaneser went to…
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