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Mitanni

American  
[mi-tan-ee] / mɪˈtæn i /

noun

  1. the Hurrian kingdom in NW Mesopotamia in the 15th and 14th centuries b.c.


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Records from New Kingdom Egypt note frequent deliveries of trade goods from foreign allies such as Mitanni, Babylon, and others.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

Battles were fought at Qadesh and Megiddo in an effort to keep the Hittite and Mitanni kingdoms out and maintain Egyptian control over the area.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

He also directly attacked Mitanni itself in order to weaken its control in the region.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

X-ray analysis suggests the dagger’s metalwork did not match Egyptian metallurgy of the time but was consistent with techniques used in Mitanni, a region overlapping present-day Turkey.

From Scientific American May 6, 2022

The driver began volubly to tell the police inspector how “this Bannu Mullah has got into the tumtum at Mitanni, and now refuses to pay his fare.”

From Among the Wild Tribes of the Afghan Frontier A Record of Sixteen Years' Close Intercourse with the Natives of the Indian Marches by Pennell, T. L. (Theodore Leighton)

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