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The costume of the late Babylonian monarch, Marduk-Nadin-Akhe (ca. 1050 B.C.).

...The conquests of Tiglath-pileser once more raised the Mesopotamian question in Babylonia, whose sphere of influence in that region had been invaded. Marduk-nadin-akhe, the grandson of Nebuchadrezzar I, "arrayed his chariots" against Tiglath-pileser, and in the first conflict achieved some success, but subsequently he was defeated in the land of Akkad. The Assyrian army afterwards captured several cities, including Babylon and Sippar...

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Uploaded on October 30, 2007
Taken on October 30, 2007