Mitanni empire

The Amorites were a Semitic people who seem to have emerged from western Mesopotamia (modern-day Syria) at some point prior to the 3rd millennium BCE. In Sumerian they were known as the Martu or the...

Mitanni invaders | Mitanni was a state that existed between the 16th and 13th centuries BC. This state occupied the land of the Hurrians (located in the upper Tigris-Euphrates basin, and corresponding today with northern Iraq, Syria, and southeastern Turkey.) The strength and influence of Mitanni was so great that at one time, it was part of the Great Power Club - which included Egypt, Assyria, Babylonia, and the Kingdom of Hatti. .

Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia c. 1450 BC. Overview map in the 15th century BC showing the core territory of Assyria with its two major cities Assur and Nineveh wedged between Babylonia downstream and the states of Mitanni and Hatti upstream.

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Mesopotamia-Mitanni empire (circa 1600 BC)

This is a map of Mesopotamia showing the dominant kingdoms of Egypt, Mitanni, Hatti, and Kassite Babylonia.

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Iraq, Kurdistan, Kemune, ancient palace of Mitanni empire - as a drought gripped northern Iraq, the water in the reservoir held back by Mosul Dam receded enough to reveal an ancient palace dating to the Mittani Empire before the palace was once again swallowed by the waters of the reservoir.

The kingdom of Mittani was an impressive Indo-European empire that ruled over northern Mesopotamia, or the Fertile Crescent, during the 15t...

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The Hittite warriors carved out an empire that encompassed most of Asia Minor and parts of the northern Levant and Upper Mesopotamia.

Royal Seal of the Mitanni Kingdom of Armenia 1500BC

Cylinder seal and modern impression: two bullmen flanking sun-disc; horse, griffin Period:Mitanni Date:ca. 15th–13th century B.C. Geography:Mesopotamia or Syria Culture:Mitanni Medium:Hematite Dimensions:

Persian emperor Khosrov Anushirvan reaching the Mediterranean coast during the Roman–Persian Wars

Costume design (1891), by Charles Bianchini (1860-1905), for an Iranian officer, in “Le Mage” (1891), by Jules Massenet (1842-1912).

Cylinder seal Period:Mitanni Date:ca. 16th–15th century B.C. Geography:Mesopotamia Culture:Mitanni Medium:Hematite Dimensions:0.83 in. (2.11 cm)