Hattusa-Babylon Axis

The Hattusa-Babylon Axis was the official alliance between the Kingdom of Hatti and the Kingdom of Karduniash, formed in 56 AEE during the Second Conference of the Great Powers' Club in Nippur. The faction name refers to the capitals of the countries - Hattusa of Hatti and Babylon of Karduniash. While the countries had been friendly for centuries, they had never officially entered into an alliance previously, but finally did so due to their common enemy the Kingdom of Assyria, who at different points had threatened, and almost destroyed, both kingdoms. Hatti and Karduniash supported each other during peace time, with the latter providing the bulk of agricultural produce and the former - most of the minerals, such as copper. Both countries would also have entered a war together - as they did once the Great Powers' War broke out - with their main opponents being the Triple Alliance (Egypt, Mycenaean Confederation, and Assyria) and later Elam, the four countries eventually forming the Pact of Civilizations. Hatti and Karduniash also prided themselves on having a supposed common heritage, with the Hittites and the Kassites both originating in mountainous areas (the Anatolian Mountains and the Zagros Mountains respectively), and the Hittites sacking Babylon around 500 BEE, which led to the fall of the Amorite dynasty of Babylon and allowed the Kassites to take over the region.
The Hattusa-Babylon Axis came to an end in 72 AEE after the Siege of Babylon, as Babylon was taken by Assyrians and Elamites and the Kingdom of Karduniash destroyed, leaving Hatti alone. Later, in 73 AEE Hatti became one of the founding members of the Organization of Free Kingdoms in order to counter the growing threat of Elam after Shilhak-Inshushinak betrayed the Pact of Civilizations and invaded Assyria.
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