Mitanni

[ mi-tan-ee ]

/ mɪˈtæn i /

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

QUIZZES

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Question 1 of 10

Which of the following words means “to travel or journey, especially to walk on foot”?

The language of Mitanni has been revealed to us by the cuneiform correspondence from Tel el-Amarna.
Patriarchal Palestine|Archibald Henry Sayce
The Hittites had grown at the expense of Mitanni, but their glory too was of no long duration.
Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations|Archibald Sayce
In Asia, Mitanni was the first neighbour of Egypt that had maintained its independence.
Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations|Archibald Sayce
Their seat must have been in the region where we later find the Hittites, or Mitanni.
Archology and the Bible|George A. Barton

Thereafter he captured several cities, and extended his empire beyond the Kashiari hills and into the heart of Mitanni.
Myths of Babylonia and Assyria|Donald A. Mackenzie