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Shamash-shum-ukin
Shamash-shum-ukin (Assyrian: "Šamaš-šuma-ukin" "Shamash has established an heir") was the Assyrian king of Babylon from 667–648 BC. He was the second son of the Assyrian king Esarhaddon.
History.
His elder brother, crown prince Sîn-apla-iddina had died in 672, and in his stead the third son Ashurbanipal was invested as crown prince and later king of Assyria, while Shamash-shum-ukin remained crown prince of Babylonia
-ukin of Babylon, became infused with Babylonian nationalism, and began a major civil war in that year. However, the new dynasty in Egypt wisely maintained friendly relations with Assyria.
Shamash-shum-ukin attempted to raise a huge rebellion encompassing many vassal peoples against Ashurbanipal; however, this largely failed. This rebellion lasted until 648 BC, when Babylon was sacked, and Shamash-shum-ukin set fire to the palace, killing himself. Ashurbanipal then set about punishing the Chaldeans, Arabs and Nabateans who had