Mitanni
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Mitanni (/mɪˈtæni/; Hittite cuneiform KUR URUMi-ta-an-ni; Mittani Mi-it-ta-ni), cried Hanigalbat (Hanigalbat, Khanigalbat cuneiform Ḫa-ni-gal-bat) in Assirie or Naharin in Egyptian texts an aw, wis a Hurrian-speaking state in northren Sirie an sootheast Anatolie frae ca. 1500 BC–1300 BC. Mitanni came tae be a regional pouer after the Hittite destruction o Amorite[1] Babylon an a series o ineffectual Assirie keengs creatit a pouer vacuum in Mesopotamie.
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Kinrick o Mitanni | |||||||||||
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c. 1500 BC–c. 1300 BC | |||||||||||
![]() Cairt o the Near East ca. 1400 BC shawin the Kinrick o Mitanni at its greatest extent | |||||||||||
Caipital | Washukanni | ||||||||||
Common leids | Hurrian leid | ||||||||||
Govrenment | Monarchy | ||||||||||
King | |||||||||||
• circa 1500 BC | Kirta (first) | ||||||||||
• circa 1300 BC | Shattuara II (last) | ||||||||||
Historical era | Bronze Age | ||||||||||
• Established | c. 1500 BC | ||||||||||
• Disestablished | c. 1300 BC | ||||||||||
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