Sabium (also Sabum) was an
Amorite
The Amorites (; sux, ๐ฅ๐
, MAR.TU; Akkadian: ๐๐ฌ๐๐ or ๐พ๐๐ก๐/๐ ; he, ืึฑืืึนืจึดื, 'ฤmลrฤซ; grc, แผฮผฮฟฯฯฮฑแฟฮฟฮน) were an ancient Northwest Semitic-speaking people from the Levant who also occupied lar ...
King in the
First Dynasty of Babylon
The Old Babylonian Empire, or First Babylonian Empire, is dated to BC โ BC, and comes after the end of Sumerian power with the destruction of the Third Dynasty of Ur, and the subsequent Isin-Larsa period. The chronology of the first dynasty ...
, the ''Amorite Dynasty''. He reigned c. 1781 BC – 1767 BC (
short chronology
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), and ruled what was at the time a recently created, small and minor Amorite kingdom which included the town of Babylon. Sabium makes no claim of kingship of Babylon itself, suggesting that it had not yet grown into the major
metropolis
A metropolis () is a large city or conurbation which is a significant economic, political, and cultural center for a country or region, and an important hub for regional or international connections, commerce, and communications.
A big c ...
it would become under his descendant
Hammurabi
Hammurabi (Akkadian: ; ) was the sixth Amorite king of the Old Babylonian Empire, reigning from to BC. He was preceded by his father, Sin-Muballit, who abdicated due to failing health. During his reign, he conquered Elam and the city-states ...
Year names of Sabium of Babylon - CDLI
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See also
*Babylonia
Babylonia (; Akkadian: , ''mฤt Akkadฤซ'') was an ancient Akkadian-speaking state and cultural area based in the city of Babylon in central-southern Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq and parts of Syria). It emerged as an Amorite-ruled state c. ...
References
18th-century BC Babylonian kings
First dynasty of Babylon
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