Sin-Muballit was the father of

Hammurabi Hammurabi (; ; ), also spelled Hammurapi, 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 the ci ...

and the fifth

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king of the first dynasty (the ''Amorite Dynasty'') of

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, reigning c. 1811-1793 or 1748-1729 BC (see Chronology of the Ancient Near East). 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.

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Sin-Muballit succeeded his father Apil-Sin. No inscriptions for either king are known. A record of 19 year-names are preserved. 1799 BC , In Sin-Muballlit's 13th year, he repelled the army of

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, which was frequently in conflict with Babylon. 1795 BC , In the 17th year of his reign, Sin-Muballit took possession of the city of

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and his power grew steadily over time as evidenced by his building and fortifying a number of towns. He abdicated due to failing health.''Babylonian legal and business documents: from the time of the first dynasty of Babylon, chiefly from Nippur'', Arno Poebel, Dept. of Archaeology,

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, 1909. p. 113. At the end of his reign, he apparently abdicated handing over the throne to his son,

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