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Ancient Upper Mesopotamia

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Akkadian Empire
ancient empire in the Mesopotamia (2334–2154 BC)
Mitanni
Mitanni or Mittani (–1260 BC), earlier called Ḫabigalbat in old Babylonian texts, ; Ḫanigalbat or Ḫani-Rabbat in Assyrian records, or Naharin in Egyptian and some Akkadian texts, was a Hurrian-speaking state in northern Syria and southeast Anatolia (modern-day Turkey) with Indo-Aryan linguistic and political influences. Since no histories, royal annals or chronicles have yet been found in its excavated sites, knowledge about Mitanni is sparse compared to the other powers in the area, and dependent on what its neighbours commented in their texts.
Neo-Assyrian Empire
historical state in Mesopotamia
Image of Edessa
relic consisting of a square or rectangle of cloth upon which a miraculous image of the face of Jesus had been imprinted
Assyria
Roman province (116–118 AD)
Mesopotamia
Province of the Roman Empire
Hassuna culture
Late Neolithic archaeological culture of Mesopotamia
Samarra culture
Late Neolithic archaeological culture of Mesopotamia
Middle Assyrian Empire
period in the history of Assyria after the fall of the Old Assyrian Empire in the 1300s BC
Aram
historical region including several Aramean kingdoms covering much of the present-day Syria, southeastern Turkey, and parts of Lebanon and Iraq.
Asuristan
Asoristan (, , ), also known as Suristan, was the name of the Sasanian province of Assyria and Babylonia from 226 to 637 CE.
Battle of Singara
344 battle of the Roman–Persian Wars
Paddan Aram
early Aramean kingdom in Mesopotamia
Achaemenid Assyria
aspect of history
Armenian Mesopotamia
historical region of Armenia
Andarig
thumb | right | A map depicting the borders of empires in Mesopotamia.Andarig or Andariq was a Middle Bronze Age kingdom in the Sinjar Plain region of northern Mesopotamia, located between the Habur and Tigris river. It is mentioned several times in the documents found in Mari. Andarig was one of the largest and most powerful kingdoms in the region. It was the most important holding of the Amorite Yamutbal tribe.
Shapur II's Arab campaign
series of wars of Shapur II with the united Arab tribes (325–335)
Musri
thumb| Musri (Assyrian: Mu-us-ri), or Muzri, was a small ancient kingdom, in northern areas of Iraqi Kurdistan. The area is now inhabited by Muzuri Kurds.