Karaindash

Karaindash was a Kassite king who ruled in Babylonia around 1420 BCE. The Kassites, who likely originated in the Zagros Mountains of Iran, gradually settled in Mesopotamia. While little is known about their language or social structure, they eventually established the second Babylonian dynasty.

Karaindash is noted for building a temple adorned with bas-relief tile ornaments in Uruk. His successors, such as Kurigalzu I, Kadashman-Enlil I, and Burnaburiash II, engaged in correspondence with Egyptian rulers and traded goods like lapis lazuli for gold. The Kassite period saw the development of a feudal system and the innovation of boundary stones, known as kudurrus, which recorded land grants and featured religious symbols. The Kassite dynasty ultimately fell to an invasion by Elam around 1155 BCE.12