Kassites
Sign in to saveThe Kassites (; Neo-Assyrian: 𒂵𒅆𒄿, ka₃-ši-i, kašši) were a people of the ancient Near East, originating from the Zagros Mountains. They controlled Babylonia under the Kassite Dynasty after the fall of the Old Babylonian Empire from until (short chronology).
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The Kassites were an ancient people from the Zagros Mountains who migrated to Babylonia and established a powerful dynasty there after the Old Babylonian Empire collapsed. Their rule over Babylonia was significant enough to mark a distinct historical period in Mesopotamian civilization, though the exact dates of their reign remain debated among scholars.
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Key facts
- Ethnic group.group
- Kassites
- Ethnic group.native_name
- Akkadian: 𒂵𒅆𒄿 (ka₃-ši-i, kašši)
- Ethnic group.image_caption
- Map of Iraq showing important sites that were occupied by the Kassite dynasty of Babylonia (clickable map)
- Ethnic group.regions
- Karduniash, Cossaea, Bablyonia
- Ethnic group.languages
- Kassite, most writing in Akkadian
- Ethnic group.religions
- Kassite religion, later subsumed into Mesopotamian religion
- Ethnic group.related_groups
- Elamites
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22 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Origins
- Middle Bronze Age
- Late Bronze Age
- Iron Age
- Achaemenid through Hellenistic Period
- Kassite language
- Kassite art
- Ceramics
- Glass works
- Seal impressions
- Karduniaš
- Karduniaš in the Amarna Letters
- EA 255, Mutbaal letter no. 1 of 2, title: ''"No destination too far"''
- EA 9, Burna-Buriash letter no. 4 of 6, title: ''"Ancient loyalties, new request"''
- Gallery
- See also
- Bibliography
- References
- Sources
- External links
The Kassites (; Neo-Assyrian: 𒂵𒅆𒄿, ka₃-ši-i, kašši) were a people of the ancient Near East, originating from the Zagros Mountains. They controlled Babylonia under the Kassite Dynasty after the fall of the Old Babylonian Empire from until (short chronology).
The Kassites gained control of Babylonia after the Hittite sack of Babylon in 1531 BC, and established a dynasty generally assumed to have been based first in that city, after a hiatus. Later rule shifted to the new city of Dur-Kurigalzu. By the time of Babylon's fall, the Kassites had already been part of the region for a century and a half, acting sometimes with Babylon's interests and sometimes against. There are records of Kassite and Babylonian interactions, in the context of military employment, during the reigns of Babylonian kings Samsu-iluna (1686 to 1648 BC), Abī-ešuh, and Ammī-ditāna.