KASSITE

Meaning of KASSITE in English

/kas"uyt/ , n.

a member of an ancient people related to the Elamites, who ruled Babylonia from c1650 to c1100 B.C.

Also, Cassite .

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MINNI — ˈminē noun ( plural minni or minnis ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. : a primitive Mongol people inhabiting the foothill …
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COSSAEAN — kəˈsēən noun ( -s ) Usage: capitalized Etymology: Latin Cossae us (from Greek Kossaios, from Kossaia, land of the Kassites) …
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CASSITE — Usage: usually capitalized variant of kassite
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CASSITE — /kas"uyt/ , n. Kassite.
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KUDURRU — (Akkadian: frontier, or boundary), type of boundary stone used by the Kassites of ancient Mesopotamia. A stone block or slab, …
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CHRONOLOGY — any method used to order time and to place events in the sequence in which they occurred. The systems of …
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UR — modern Tall Al-muqayyar, or Tell El-muqayyar important city of ancient southern Mesopotamia (Sumer), situated about 140 miles (225 km) southeast …
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TUKULTI-NINURTA I — (reigned c. 1243c. 1207 BC), king of Assyria who asserted Assyrian supremacy over King Kashtiliashu IV, ruler of Kassite-controlled Babylonia …
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MESOPOTAMIA, HISTORY OF — Sites associated with ancient Mesopotamian history. history of the region in southwestern Asia where the world's earliest civilization developed. The …
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KHUZESTAN — also spelled Khuzistan, formerly 'arabestan, geographic region in southwestern Iran, lying at the head of the Persian Gulf and bordering …
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ERECH — Sumerian Uruk, Greek Orcho, modern Tall al-Warka' ancient Mesopotamian city located northwest of Ur (Tall Al-Muqayyar) in southeastern Iraq. The …
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DUR-KURIGALZU — modern 'Aqarquf fortified city and royal residence of the later Kassite kings, located near Babylon in southern Mesopotamia (now in …
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BABYLONIA — ancient cultural region occupying southeastern Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (modern southern Iraq from around Baghdad to the …
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ASHUR-UBALLIT I — (reigned c. 136530 BC), king of Assyria during Mesopotamia's feudal age, who created the first Assyrian empire and initiated the …
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KAMULLA — [Other] The Kassite god of water. He is similar to the Akkadian god Ea.
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HALA — [Other] The Kassite goddess of healing. She is identified with the Sumerian Gula.
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DUR — [Other] The Kassite god of the underworld, similar to the Akkadian god Nergal.
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