How did Samsu-Iluna die?
Samsu-iluna seems to have had the upper-hand militarily. Within a year he dealt the coalition a shattering blow which took the northern cities out of the fight. In the aftermath the king of Eshnunna, Iluni, was dragged to Babylon and executed by strangulation. When was Samsu-iluna born? Among people born in 1792 BC, Samsu-iluna ranks…