Upper Habur River region
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The Upper Habur River region is a historically significant area in northern Mesopotamia that served as the heartland of the ancient Hurrian kingdom of Mitanni.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Upper Habur region | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geographical region
ⓘ
historical region ⓘ |
| agriculturalType | rain-fed agriculture zone ⓘ |
| archaeologicalSignificance |
key area for studying Hurrian-Mitanni culture
ⓘ
numerous excavated Bronze Age sites ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Hurrians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderedBy |
Jazira plain
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Upper Euphrates region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| climate | semi-arid steppe ⓘ |
| economicBase |
cereal agriculture
ⓘ
pastoralism ⓘ |
| followedBy | Assyrian expansion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heartlandOf | Mitanni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod |
2nd millennium BCE
ⓘ
Late Bronze Age NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Hurrian culture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mitanni political centers ⓘ dense network of Bronze Age settlements ⓘ |
| languageAssociated | Hurrian language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Upper Mesopotamia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
northern Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay |
northeastern Syria
ⓘ
southeastern Turkey ⓘ |
| partOf |
Habur River basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ancient Near East ⓘ |
| politicalEntityAssociated | Kingdom of Mitanni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Old Babylonian political influence ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
buffer zone between major Late Bronze Age powers
ⓘ
control of routes between Mesopotamia and Anatolia ⓘ |
| traversedBy | Habur River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Upper Habur region