Babylon was rebuilt by the Assyrians in 608 BC.
 The empire waned under Hammurabi's son Samsu-iluna, and Babylon spent long periods under Assyrian, Kassite and Elamite domination
 The main sources of information about Babylonexcavation of the site itself, references in cuneiform texts found elsewhere in Mesopotamia, references in the Bible, descriptions in other classical writing (especially by Herodotus), and second-hand descriptions (citing the work of Ctesias and Berossus)present an incomplete and sometimes contradictory picture of the ancient city, even at its peak in the sixth century BC

