Mitanni

Also known as Mittani, Hanigalbat, Naharin

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.

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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
Country.title_leader: King
Country.year_leader1: 1540 BC
Country.leader1: Kirta (first known)
Country.year_leader2: 1260 BC
Country.leader2: Shattuara II (last)
Country.era: Bronze Age

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Commons category: Mitanni
dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1260-00-00
inception: 1650-00-00

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Contents

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

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.