Chronology timeline

ultra-long chronology

sack of Babylon by Mursili I, King of the Hittites

1736 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_ancient_Near_East

long chronology

reign of Ammurāpi (Hammurabi), King of Babylon

1848 BC - 1806 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammurabi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_ancient_Near_East

sack of Babylon by Mursili I, King of the Hittites

1651 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_ancient_Near_East

middle chronology

reign of Ammurāpi (Hammurabi), King of Babylon

1792 BC - 1750 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammurabi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_chronology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_ancient_Near_East

sack of Babylon by Mursili I, King of the Hittites

1595 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_chronology
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_ancient_Near_East

short chronology

reign of Ammurāpi (Hammurabi), King of Babylon

1728 BC - 1686 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammurabi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_ancient_Near_East

reign of Mursili I, King of the Hittites

1556 BC - 1526 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mursili_I

sack of Babylon by Mursili I, King of the Hittites

1531 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_ancient_Near_East

ultra-short chronology

reign of Ammurāpi (Hammurabi), King of Babylon

1696 BC - 1654 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammurabi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_ancient_Near_East

sack of Babylon by Mursili I, King of the Hittites

1499 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylonia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_ancient_Near_East

accurate chronology

end of the reign of Nabû-šuma-iškun, King of Babylon

748 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabu-shuma-ishkun

reign of Nabû-nāṣir (Nabonassar), King of Babylon

747 BC - 734 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabonassar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_of_Kings

reign of Nabû-kudurri-uṣur (Nebuchadnezzar II), King of Babylon

605 BC - 562 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebuchadnezzar_II
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_of_Kings

reign of Xšaya-ṛšā (Xerxes the Great), King of Kings of Persia

486 BC - 465 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xerxes_I
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_of_Kings

radiocarbon dates

final destruction of Ebla by Mursili I, King of the Hittites

1600 BC

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebla
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronology_of_the_ancient_Near_East