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Marduk-apla-iddina II

800 BC - 760 BC

Marduk-apla-iddina II

Marduk-apla-iddina II (Akkadian: DMES.A.SUM-na; in the Bible Merodach-Baladan or Berodach-Baladan, lit. Marduk has given me an heir) was a Chaldean leader from the Bit-Yakin tribe, originally established in the territory that once made the Sealand in southern Babylonia. He seized the Babylonian throne in 722 BC from Assyrian control and reigned from 722 BC to 710 BC, and from 703 BC to 702 BC. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marduk-apla-iddina II has received more than 115,125 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Marduk-apla-iddina II is the 3,389th most popular politician (down from 3,069th in 2019).

Marduk-apla-iddina II is most famous for his military conquests, especially his campaigns against the Elamites.

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10.10
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Among politicians, Marduk-apla-iddina II ranks 3,389 out of 19,576. Before him are Roberto Eduardo Viola, Frederick I of Württemberg, Albert of Saxony, Hiero I of Syracuse, Louis, Duke of Savoy, and Ghazi of Iraq. After him are Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Patricio Aylwin, Wenzel Anton, Prince of Kaunitz-Rietberg, Julius Schreck, Jack Kemp, and Devlet I Giray.

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