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Mitanni
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Mi·tan·ni  (m-tn, -tän)
An ancient kingdom of northwest Mesopotamia extending from the bend in the Euphrates River nearly to the Tigris River. Founded probably by Aryans, the kingdom was established c. 1475 b.c. and lasted until c. 1275, when it fell to the Hittites.

Mi·tanni·an adj. & n.


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Masetti-Rouault briefly introduces the difficulties that have beset studies of the beginning of the Iron Age in the Middle Euphrates region, a time when many of the powers of the preceding Late Bronze Age (the Hittite empire, the Mitannian kingdom, the Egyptian New Kingdom, and the Middle Assyrian kingdom) were eclipsed and the Aramaeans were entering the historical scene throughout the Levant and across north Mesopotamia.
2004--1595), 35 of Kassite style (predominantly 14th century), 16 of Mitannian style (c.
364, the assertion that Washukkanni the Mitannian capital, has actually been excavated to yield over 5000 texts, rather than simply being known from cuneiform texts, is at best misleading.
 
 
 
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