king Saustatar

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King Saustatar was a powerful 15th-century BCE ruler of the Hurrian kingdom of Mitanni, under whom the state reached its greatest territorial and political influence in the ancient Near East.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hurrian ruler
Mitanni king
ancient Near Eastern monarch
approximateReignEnd late 15th century BCE
approximateReignStart mid-15th century BCE
capital Washukanni NERFINISHED
contemporaryOf Amenhotep II NERFINISHED
Thutmose III NERFINISHED
country Mitanni NERFINISHED
diplomaticRelationsWith Assyria NERFINISHED
Egypt NERFINISHED
Hatti NERFINISHED
era Late Bronze Age NERFINISHED
ethnicity Hurrian NERFINISHED
father Parshatatar NERFINISHED
floruit 15th century BCE
knownFor expansion of Mitanni power
making Mitanni a great power in the ancient Near East
languageOfCourt Hurrian
notableEvent height of Mitanni territorial expansion
politicalRole hegemon over parts of northern Mesopotamia
politicalStatusOfRealm great power in the ancient Near East
predecessor Parshatatar NERFINISHED
regionRuled Upper Mesopotamia NERFINISHED
northern Syria NERFINISHED
southeastern Anatolia NERFINISHED
reignPeriod 15th century BCE
religion Hurrian religion NERFINISHED
royalHouse Mitanni dynasty NERFINISHED
sourceOfEvidence Assyrian inscriptions NERFINISHED
Nuzi texts NERFINISHED
cuneiform tablets
sphereOfInfluence Aleppo NERFINISHED
Assyria NERFINISHED
Kizzuwatna NERFINISHED
Nuzi NERFINISHED
successor Artatama I NERFINISHED
title King of Mitanni NERFINISHED

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Mitanni peakPowerUnder king Saustatar