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Mitanni

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[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

Thutmose IV married one of the daughters of the Mitanni king as part of an agreement intended to check the power of the Hittites.

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

If the Mitanni rulers were not overlords of the Hittites about 1800 B.C., the two peoples may have been military allies of the Kassites.

From Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Mackenzie, Donald Alexander

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