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Kassite

American  
[kas-ahyt] / ˈkæs aɪt /
Or Cassite

noun

  1. a member of an ancient people related to the Elamites, who ruled Babylonia from c1650 to c1100 b.c.


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Like the Guti and the Amorites before them, over time, the Kassite rulers adopted the culture of their Mesopotamian subjects.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

Was I molded and cast by a Sumerian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Kassite, Hurrian, Hyksos, Elamite, or by some barbaric genius of the Caucasus?

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus one of the tablets we possess contains a list of Kassite or Kossean words with their signification; in other cases we have Mitannian, Elamite, and Canaanite words quoted, with their meanings attached to them.

From Babylonians and Assyrians, Life and Customs by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

He waged minor wars against the Kassite and Illipi tribes on the Elamite border, and the Muski and Hittite tribes in Cappadocia and Cilicia.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Donald Alexander Mackenzie

In fact, as Kassite influence suffered decline, one of the great problems of international politics was whether Elam or Assyria would enter into possession of the ancient lands of Sumer and Akkad.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Donald Alexander Mackenzie

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