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Kurigalzu I

1500 BC - 1400 BC

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Kurigalzu I (died c. 1375 BC), usually inscribed ku-ri-gal-zu but also sometimes with the m or d determinative, the 17th king of the Kassite or 3rd dynasty that ruled over Babylon, was responsible for one of the most extensive and widespread building programs for which evidence has survived in Babylonia. The autobiography of Kurigalzu is one of the inscriptions which record that he was the son of Kadašman-Ḫarbe. Galzu, whose possible native pronunciation was gal-du or gal-šu, was the name by which the Kassites called themselves and Kurigalzu may mean Shepherd of the Kassites (line 23. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kurigalzu I is the 9,137th most popular politician (up from 9,219th in 2019). (up from 1,855th in 2019)

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Among politicians, Kurigalzu I ranks 9,137 out of 19,576Before him are Yvonne de Gaulle, Enrique Cerezo, Håkan the Red, Venancio Flores, Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria, and Bernd Rosemeyer. After him are Raimonds Vējonis, Sa'dun Hammadi, Baldwin III, Count of Hainaut, Prince Francis, Count of Trapani, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse.

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Among people born in 1500 BC, Kurigalzu I ranks 13Before him are Yang Jia of Shang, Thutmose, Zu Ding, Tushratta, Arnuwanda I, and Mutemwiya. After him are Nan Geng, Kadashman-harbe I, Tiaa, Hantili II, Enlil-Nasir II, and Karaindash. Among people deceased in 1400 BC, Kurigalzu I ranks 19Before him are Yuya, Setepenre, Arnuwanda II, Mutnedjmet, Gilukhipa, and Mutemwiya. After him are Burna-Buriash II, Beketaten, Shattiwaza, Tey, Kadashman-Enlil I, and Thutmose.

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