feb 1, 1426 BC - Burna-Buriash II, King of Babylon
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Burna-Buriaš II, was a king in the Kassite dynasty of Babylon, in a kingdom contemporarily called Karduniaš, ruling ca. 1359–1333 BC,[He was the 19th King to ascend the Kassite throne, he succeeded Kadašman-Enlil I, who was likely his father, and ruled for 27 years.
He was a contemporary of the Egyptian Pharaohs Amenhotep III and Akhenaten.
The proverb "the time of checking the books is the shepherds' ordeal" was attributed to him in a letter to the later king Esarhaddon from his agent Mar-Issar.[4
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feb 1, 1426 BC
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~ 3453 years ago