Mittani - Tu Ratta, Turira, Attiwazza, Utarna II., Artatama II., Nahtu Ratta, Turira, Attiwazza, Utarna II., Artatama II., Naharina Arina (English, German, Paperback)

Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Mitanni (Hittite cuneiform, also Mittani ) or Hanigalbat (Assyrian Hanigalbat, Khanigalbat cuneiform ) was a loosely organized Hurrian-speaking state in northern Syria and south-east Anatolia from ca. 1500 BC-1300 BC. During the Amarna Period, around 1350 BC, Mitanni was a major international power. "The Assyrians called the lands of Mitanni, Hanigalbat while to the Hittites it was the land of the Hurrians. By about 1480 BC Mitanni had been unified under Parrattarna, the Hurrian overlord of king Idrimi even as the Egyptians of the Eighteenth dynasty of Egypt were campaigning north as far as their southern borders. Originally from Aleppo, Idrimi spent seven years among the Hapiru in Canaan before setting sail for Mukish, where he established himself among his mother's relatives in Emar." At the height of its power, during the 14th century BC, it had outposts centered around its capital, Washukanni, whose location has been determined by archaeologists to be on the headwaters of the Habur. The kingdom of Mitanni was a feudal state led by a warrior nobility of Indo-Aryan origin., who entered the region of Aram-Naharaim (Upper Mesopotamia) on the Orontes River south of Mukis and Niya and North of Aram during the 17th century BC as vassals of the Hittites. Their sphere of influence is shown in Hurrian place names, personal names and the spread through Syria of a distinct pottery type. The association of this pottery with the Kura-Araxes culture by Mallory has been questioned by others on grounds of dating. The Mitanni controlled trade routes down the Habur to Mari and up the Euphrates from there to Charchamesh. They also controlled the upper Tigris and its headwaters at Nineveh, Arbil, Assur and Nuzi. Their allies included Kizuwatna in south eastern Anatolia, Mukish which stretched between Ugarit and Quatna west of the Orontes to the sea, and the Niya which controlled the east bank of the O...http: //booksllc.net/?l=de