Hanigalbat (in Assyrian sources)

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Hanigalbat (in Assyrian sources) is the Assyrian name for the Hurrian kingdom of Mitanni, a powerful Late Bronze Age state in northern Mesopotamia and Syria.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyrian provincial territory
exonym
historical region
alsoKnownAs Ḫani-Rabbat NERFINISHED
Ḫanigalbat NERFINISHED
approximateEndCenturyBC 13th century BC
approximateStartCenturyBC 15th century BC
archaeologicalCorrelation Upper Khabur River region NERFINISHED
associatedEthnicity Hurrians NERFINISHED
associatedLanguage Hurrian language NERFINISHED
borderedBy Assyria NERFINISHED
Egyptian sphere in Syria
Hatti NERFINISHED
capitalUnderMitanni Washukanni NERFINISHED
conqueredBy Assyria NERFINISHED
conquestApproxDate late 14th–13th century BC
culture Hurrian NERFINISHED
hasTypeOfGovernment monarchy (under Mitanni)
historicalSignificance Assyrian designation for former Mitanni realm
influencedBy Mesopotamian culture
Syrian-Levantine culture
knownFrom cuneiform texts
languageOfName Akkadian NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion northern Mesopotamia
northern Syria NERFINISHED
locatedInTimePeriod Late Bronze Age
majorDeity Hepat NERFINISHED
Teshub NERFINISHED
mentionedByRuler Adad-nirari I NERFINISHED
Shalmaneser I NERFINISHED
Tukulti-Ninurta I NERFINISHED
nameUsedBy Assyria NERFINISHED
overlordState Middle Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED
Neo-Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED
partOf Near East NERFINISHED
politicalCenterRegion Upper Euphrates and Khabur valleys NERFINISHED
politicalStatus Assyrian province (later)
vassal kingdom (initially)
predecessorState kingdom of Mitanni NERFINISHED
refersTo Hurrian kingdom of Mitanni NERFINISHED
Mitanni NERFINISHED
religion Hurrian religion NERFINISHED
subdividedInto Assyrian provinces
successorAdministrativeUnit Assyrian provinces of the Upper Khabur
usedInSourceType Assyrian administrative texts
Assyrian royal inscriptions

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Mitanni alternateName Hanigalbat (in Assyrian sources)