Mitanni

E193302

Mitanni was a powerful Hurrian-speaking kingdom of the Late Bronze Age in northern Mesopotamia and Syria, known for its chariotry, diplomacy, and rivalry with contemporary great powers such as Egypt and the Hittites.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Mitanni canonical 12
Mitanni royal court 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hurrian state
Late Bronze Age polity
ancient kingdom
alternateName Hanigalbat
Hanigalbat (in Assyrian sources)
Mitanni kingdom
surface form: Mitanni Kingdom
archaeologicalSites Tell Fekheriye region (proposed for Washukanni)
capital Washukanni
conflictWith Assyria
surface form: Assyria under Ashur-uballit I

Hittite king Suppiluliuma I
continent Asia
coreRegion Upper Mesopotamia
surface form: Upper Euphrates region

Upper Habur River region
diplomaticRelations Hittite Empire
Kassite period
surface form: Kassite Babylonia

Middle Assyrian Empire
surface form: Middle Assyrian Kingdom

New Kingdom of Egypt
surface form: New Kingdom Egypt
engagedIn balance-of-power politics
dynastic marriages with Egypt
era Late Bronze Age
ethnicGroup Hurrian
surface form: Hurrians
floruit c. 1500–1300 BCE
governmentType monarchy
knownFor chariotry
diplomacy
horse training
international treaties
rivalry with Egypt
rivalry with Hittites
language Hurrian
surface form: Hurrian language
locatedIn northern Mesopotamia
northern Syria
mentionedIn Amarna letters
Hittite cuneiform texts
militaryStrength chariot corps
notableFor early use of Indo-Aryan deity names in treaties
partOf Ancient Near East
peakPowerUnder king Saustatar
predecessor Old Babylonian states in Upper Mesopotamia
religion Hurrian religion
Mesopotamian religion
royalTitle “king of the Hurrians”
rulingElite Indo-Aryan-influenced warrior aristocracy
successor Assyria
surface form: Assyrian Empire

Hittite Empire
vassalStates Kizzuwatna (at times)
Syrian city-states
writingSystem cuneiform

How these facts were elicited

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Instruction
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# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Mitanni
Description of subject: Mitanni was a powerful Hurrian-speaking kingdom of the Late Bronze Age in northern Mesopotamia and Syria, known for its chariotry, diplomacy, and rivalry with contemporary great powers such as Egypt and the Hittites.

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hittite Empire rival Mitanni
Hurrian spokenIn Mitanni
Hurrian usedIn Mitanni
this entity surface form: Mitanni royal court
Ashur laterControlledBy Mitanni
Karkemish controlledBy Mitanni
Assyrian king Ashur-uballit I foreignRelations Mitanni
subject surface form: Ashur-uballit I