MITANNI

Meaning of MITANNI in English

/mi tan"ee/ , n.

the Hurrian kingdom in NW Mesopotamia in the 15th and 14th centuries B.C.

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MITANNI — Ancient kingdom of upper Mesopotamia . It extended from the Euphrates River nearly to the Tigris River and flourished from …
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MITANNI — mə̇ˈtanē noun ( plural mitanni or mitannis ) Usage: usually capitalized 1. a. : an ancient Subaraean people with an …
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MITANNI — Indo-Iranian empire centred in northern Mesopotamia that flourished from about 1500 to about 1360 BC. At its height the empire …
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MITANNI — Ancient kingdom of upper Mesopotamia . It extended from the Euphrates River nearly to the Tigris River and flourished from …
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THUTMOSE III — died 1426 BC Egyptian king of the 18th dynasty (r. 1479–1426 BC), often regarded as the greatest pharaoh of ancient …
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CARCHEMISH — Ancient city-state, western bank of the Euphrates River . Its remains lay southeast of Gaziantep , Tur., near the Syrian …
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MITANNIAN — -nēən, -nyən noun ( -s ) Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Mitanni + English -an : mitanni 1b, 2
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MITANNIAN — /mi tan"ee euhn/ , n. 1. a native or inhabitant of the Mitanni kingdom. adj. 2. of or pertaining to …
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CARCHEMISH — /kahr"keuh mish, kahr kee"-/ , n. an ancient city in S Turkey, on the upper Euphrates: important city in the …
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WASSUKKANI — capital of the Mitannian empire (c. 1500-c. 1340 BC), possibly located near the head of the Khabur River in northern …
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THUTMOSE IV — flourished 2nd millennium BC 18th-dynasty king of Egypt (reigned 14001390 BC), who secured an alliance with the Indo-European-led Mitanni Empire …
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SYRIA, FLAG OF — horizontally striped red-white-black national flag with two green stars on the white stripe. The flag's width-to-length ratio is 2 to …
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SUPPILULIUMAS I — flourished 14th century BC also spelled Shuppiluliumash, or Subbiluliuma Hittite king (reigned c. 1380c. 1346 BC), who dominated the history …
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NUZU — modern Yorghan Tepe ancient Mesopotamian city, located southwest of Kirkuk, Iraq. Excavations undertaken there by American archaeologists in 192531 revealed …
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NEFERTITI — also spelled Nefertiit, or Nofretete flourished 14th century BC queen of Egypt and wife of King Akhenaton (reigned 135336 BC) …
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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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MESOPOTAMIA — (GreekLand Between the Rivers) region between the Tigris and Euphrates in western Asia. In a specific sense, Mesopotamia is the …
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HURRIAN LANGUAGE — extinct language spoken from the last centuries of the 3rd millennium BC until at least the latter years of the …
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HURRIAN — one of a people important in the history and culture of the Middle East during the 2nd millennium BC. The …
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HITTITE — member of an ancient Indo-European people who appeared in Anatolia at the beginning of the 2nd millennium BC; by 1340 …
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EGYPT, FLAG OF — horizontally striped red-white-black national flag with a central coat of arms in the form of a gold eagle. The flag …
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DRAVIDIAN LANGUAGES — family of 23 languages spoken in South Asia. The major languages are Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Gondi, Kurukh, and Tulu. …
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CARCHEMISH — Roman Europus ancient city-state located in what is now southern Turkey, along the border with Syria. Carchemish lay on the …
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ASSYRIA — kingdom of northern Mesopotamia that became the centre of one of the great empires of the ancient Middle East. It …
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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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AMENHOTEP III — flourished 14th century BC byname Amenhotep The Magnificent king of Egypt (reigned 139053 BC) in a period of peaceful prosperity, …
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AMENHOTEP II — flourished 15th century BC king of Egypt (reigned c. 14261400 BC), son of Thutmose III. Ruling at the height of …
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THUTMOSE — n. died 1426 BC Egyptian king of the 18th dynasty (r. 14791426 BC), often regarded as the greatest pharaoh of …
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NEFERTITI — n. flourished 14th century BC Queen of Egypt and wife of Akhenaton (r. 135336 BC). She is known from her …
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