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Assyria

Battle of Kār Ištar

1280 BC
(Present-Day in Iraq)

Adad-nirari I inflicted a crushing defeat on Babylonia at the Battle of Kār Ištar, annexing large swathes of Babylonian territory. Hittite kings during his reign assumed a placatory attitude towards the Assyrian king.


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