Hanigalbat

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ancient kingdom historical region

Hanigalbat was the name used in ancient Near Eastern sources, particularly Assyrian, to refer to the Hurrian kingdom of Mitanni in northern Mesopotamia during the second millennium BCE.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Hanigalbat canonical 2
Hanigalbat (Hittite form) 1
Hanigalbat (Hurrian–Akkadian form) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient kingdom ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Ḫani-Rabbat NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ḫanigalbat NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ḫanigalbat-Mat Mitanni NERFINISHED ⓘ
approximateEndDate c. 13th century BCE ⓘ
approximateStartDate c. 16th century BCE ⓘ
attestedIn cuneiform texts ⓘ
diplomatic correspondence ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
capital Washukanni NERFINISHED ⓘ
conqueredBy Adad-nirari I NERFINISHED ⓘ
Assyria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Shalmaneser I NERFINISHED ⓘ
flourishedDuring Late Bronze Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedAs Assyrian province ⓘ
hadRivalryWith Assyria NERFINISHED ⓘ
Egyptian New Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hittite Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEthnicAssociation Hurrians NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRole buffer state between Egypt, Hatti, and Assyria ⓘ
knownFor Hurrian-Mitannian ruling dynasty ⓘ
diplomatic relations with Egypt ⓘ
horse-training traditions ⓘ
languageUsed Akkadian NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hurrian NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Upper Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay northern Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern Syria ⓘ
southeastern Turkey ⓘ
mentionedBy Assyrian sources ⓘ
Egyptian sources ⓘ
Hittite sources ⓘ
partOf Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfCulturalSphere Hurrian cultural sphere NERFINISHED ⓘ
Near Eastern Bronze Age states ⓘ
politicalCenterOf Hurrian kingdom of Mitanni NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalStructure monarchy ⓘ
predecessor earlier Hurrian polities in Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
referredToAs Mitanni NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionType Syro-Mesopotamian kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Hurrian religion ⓘ
Mesopotamian religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
successor Middle Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ
vassalOf Assyria NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

Mitanni → alternateName → Hanigalbat ⓘ
Mitanni kingdom → alternateName → Hanigalbat ⓘ
Mitanni kingdom → alternateName → Hanigalbat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanigalbat (Hurrian–Akkadian form)
Mitanni kingdom → alternateName → Hanigalbat ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hanigalbat (Hittite form)