Following the demise of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_kings_of_Akkad The House of Terah] which was established when he who became Abraham overcame [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ur-Zababa Amraphel of Nimrod], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkadian_Empire Terah's empire] was split into two nations. Abraham's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Assyrian_people Assyrians] took control in the north and later on their more pagan relatives established Babylonia in the south. The Abrahamic Assyrian lineage is represented by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_R_(Y-DNA) Y-Haplogroup R] while the Babylonian children of the original [[אשור|Ashur]] (whose cities the Abrahamic Assyrians occupied) belonged to Y-Haplogroup J.