Mitanni

State in northern Syria and south-east Anatolia from ca. 1500 BC–1300 BC

Also known as Mittani · Hanigalbat · Naharin

Country: Turkey
, Iraq
Founded: 1650 BCE

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Mitanni or Mittani, earlier called Ḫabigalbat in old Babylonian texts, c. 1600 BC; Ḫanigalbat or Ḫani-Rabbat in Assyrian records, or Naharin in Egyptian and some Akkadian texts, was a Hurrian-speaking kingdom in northern Syria and southeast Anatolia with Indo-Aryan linguistic and political influences. Since no histories, royal annals or chronicles have yet been found in its excavated sites, knowledge about Mitanni is sparse compared to the other powers in the area, and dependent on what its neighbours commented in their texts.

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Time period: ancient Near East
Dissolved: 1260 BCE
Capital: Tell el Fakhariya
Official language: Hurrian
Continent: Asia
Language used: Hurrian
Akkadian

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37.6496, 39.8919OpenStreetMap ↗

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