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Marduk-apla-iddina II

800 BC - 760 BC

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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 103,459 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Marduk-apla-iddina II is the 3,078th most popular politician (down from 3,011th in 2019).

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

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Marduk-apla-iddina II ranks 3,078 out of 15,577Before him are Oswald Pohl, Nobusuke Kishi, Margaret of York, Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia, Gyeongjong of Goryeo, and John George III, Elector of Saxony. After him are Traian Băsescu, Grand Duchess Elena Pavlovna of Russia, Néstor Kirchner, Abdurrahman Wahid, Anastasio Somoza García, and Louis II, Grand Duke of Hesse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 800 BC, Marduk-apla-iddina II ranks 15Before him are Hoshea, Achaemenes, Jotham of Judah, Titus Tatius, Candaules, and Zechariah of Israel. After him are Taharqa, Piye, Tarpeia, Pekahiah, Menahem, and Tantamani. Among people deceased in 760 BC, Marduk-apla-iddina II ranks 2Before him is Candaules. After him are Pekahiah, Menahem, and Archelaus of Sparta.

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