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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

The rise of Mitanni led a number of Canaanite leaders who had previously pledged their allegiance to Egypt to instead seek Mitanni protection.

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

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

One was the language of Mitanni, the Aram-Naharaim of the Old Testament, in which there is a long letter from the king of Mitanni to the Egyptian Pharaoh.

From A Primer of Assyriology by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce

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