1 feb 1356 anni a. C. - The empire of Mitanni

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Mitanni was an Indo-Aryan (Iranian) empire centered in northern Mesopotamia that flourished from about 1500 to about 1360 bc.

At its height the empire extended from Kirkūk (ancient Arrapkha) and the Zagros Mountains in the east through Assyria to the Mediterranean Sea in the west.

Mitanni was a Hurrian-speaking state in northern Syria and southeast Anatolia (modern-day Turkey). Since no histories or royal annals/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 neighbors 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 c. 2300 BC at Tell Mozan. The first recorded inscription of their language was of Tish-atal (c. 21st century BC), king of Urkesh. Later on, Hurrians made up the main population of Mitanni, that was firstly known as Ḫabigalbat, at Babylonia, in two texts of the late Old Babylonian period,during the reign of Ammi-Saduqa, (c. 1646–1626 BC), in middle chronology.

The Mitanni Empire was a strong regional power limited by the Hittites to the north, Egyptians to the west, Kassites to the south, and later by the Assyrians to the east. At its maximum extent Mitanni ranged as far as west as Kizzuwatna by the Taurus mountains, Tunip in the south, Arraphe in the east, and north to Lake Van. Their sphere of influence is shown in Hurrian place names, personal names and the spread through Syria and the Levant of a distinct pottery type, Nuzi ware.

Shaitarna c. 1425 BC Contemporay of Qis-Addu in Terqa

Artatama I c. 1400 BC Treaty with pharaoh Thutmose IV, contemporary of pharaoh Amenhotep II

Shuttarna II c. 1380 BC Daughter marries pharaoh Amenhotep III in his year 10

Artashumara c. 1360 BC Son of Shutarna II, brief reign

Tushratta c. 1358 BC Contemporary of Suppiluliuma I of the Hittites, and pharaohs Amenhotep III and Amenhotep IV, Amarna letters

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