Mitanni
Sign in to saveMitanni 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.
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Mitanni was an ancient state in northern Syria and southeast Anatolia that flourished until around 1260 BC, ruled by Hurrian-speaking people with Indo-Aryan influences. Our knowledge of Mitanni is limited because no historical records from the kingdom itself have been found; instead, we rely on what neighboring powers wrote about it in their own texts.
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Key facts
- Country.conventional_long_name
- Kingdom of Mitanni
- Country.common_name
- Kingdom of Mitanni
- Country.p1
- Hittite Empire
- Country.p2
- Yamhad
- Country.year_start
- 1600 BC
- Country.year_end
- 1260 BC
- Country.s1
- Middle Assyrian Empire
- Country.image_map
- Carte du Mitanni-en.svg
- Country.image_map_caption
- Kingdom of Mitanni at its greatest extent under Barattarna
- Country.capital
- Washukanni
- Country.common_languages
- HurrianAkkadianAmorite
- Country.government_type
- Monarchy
Article
36 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- The name "Mitanni"/"Mittani"
- The name "Ḫanigalbat"
- The name "Naharin"
- History
- Early Kingdom
- Great Syrian War
- After the war
- After the fall of Mitanni
- Government and society
- Royal Family
- Administration
- Military organization
- Social classes
- Indo-Aryan influences
- Archaeology
- Upper Mesopotamia
- Northeastern Syria (Jazira Region)
- Northern Syria
- Southeastern Turkey (Upper Tigris)
- Trans-Tigridian region (Northeastern Iraq)
- Pottery and other characteristics
- Mitanni rulers
- Parattarna I / Barattarna
- Shaushtatar
- Artatama I and Shuttarna II
- Artashumara and Tushratta
- Shattiwaza
- Shattuara I
- Wasashatta
- Shattuara II
- See also
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
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.
The Hurrians were in the region as of the late 3rd millennium BC. A king of Urkesh with a Hurrian name, Tupkish, was found on a clay sealing dated at Tell Mozan. The first recorded inscription of their language was of Tish-atal (), king of Urkesh. Later on, Hurrians made up the main population of Mitanni, which was firstly known as Ḫabigalbat, at Babylonia, in two texts of the late Old Babylonian period, during the reign of Ammi-Saduqa, (–1618 BC), in low middle chronology.