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| name =Sin-Muballit
| title = King of Babylon
| salary =1100
| term = c. 1748 - 1729 BC [[short chronology]]
| parents= [[Apil-Sin]]
| children = [[Hammurabi]]
| relations =
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'''Sin-Muballit''' was the father of [[Hammurabi]] and the fifth Amorite king of the [[First Babylonian Dynasty|first dynasty]] (the ''Amorite Dynasty'') of [[Babylonia]], reigning c. 1748 to 1729 BC. He ruled over a relatively new and minor kingdom; however, he was the first ruler of Babylon to actually declare himself king of the city, and the first to expand the territory ruled by the city, and his son greatly expanded the Babylonian kingdom into the short lived [[Babylonian Empire]].<ref>''A history of Babylonia and Assyria'', Volume 1, Robert William Rogers, Eaton & Mains, 1900. pp. 387-388.</ref>
== Reign ==
Sin-Muballit succeeded his father [[Apil-Sin]]. No inscriptions for either king are known.<ref>''Old Babylonian period (1894-1595 BC)'', Douglas Frayne, University of Toronto Press, 1990. p. 330-331.</ref>
In Sin-Muballit's 13th year, he repelled the army of [[Ur]], which had invaded the territory of Babylon. In the 17th year of his reign, Sin-Muballit took possession of the city of [[Isin]] and his power grew steadily over time as evidenced by his building and fortifying a number of towns.<ref>''Babylonian legal and business documents: from the time of the first dynasty of Babylon, chiefly from Nippur'', Arno Poebel, Dept. of Archaeology, [[University of Pennsylvania]], 1909. p. 113.</ref>
==Chronological Note==
There exists disagreement over the dating of the events of the first dynasty. The ''short chronology'' used in this article is the one most commonly used today by scholars. The ''middle chronology'' was until recently the preferred chronology and places events 64 years earlier than given here. There also exists a ''long chronology'' which places events 120 years earlier than given here. See [[Chronology of the Ancient Near East]] for details.
==See also==
{{Portal|Ancient Near East}}
*[[List of Kings of Babylon]]
==References==
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