The Kingdom of the Mitanni ~ A Bronze Age Empire

The Kingdom of Mittani, known to the people of the land, and the Assyrians, as Hanigalbat and to the Egyptians as Naharin and Metani, once stretched from present-day northern Iraq, down through Syria and into Turkey and was considered a great nation. Few records of the people themselves exist today but correspondence between kings of Mitanni and those of Assyria and Egypt, as well as the world’s oldest horse training manual, give evidence of a prosperous nation which thrived between 1500 and 1240 BCE. In the year 1350 BCE Mitanni was powerful enough to be included in the 'Great Powers Club' along with Egypt, the Kingdom of the Hatti, Babylonia and Assyria. Check out our new store! https://teespring.com/stores/the-history-shop Original article by Joshua J. Mark https://www.ancient.eu/Mitanni/ More articles by Joshua J. Mark : https://www.ancient.eu/user/JPryst/ Check out the Ancient History Encyclopedia and all of their awesome work at these sites below! Website : https://www.ancient.eu/ YouTube Channel : https://www.youtube.com/c/AncientEU Twitter : https://twitter.com/ahencyclopedia Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/ahencyclopedia/ Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/ahencyclopedia/ To support the channel, become a Patron and make history matter! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/The_Study_of_Antiquity_and_the_Middle_Ages Donate directly to PayPal: https://paypal.me/NickBarksdale Enjoy history merchandise? Check out affiliate link to SPQR Emporium! http://spqr-emporium.com?aff=3 *Dislaimer, the link above is an affiliate link which means we will earn a generous commission from your magnificent purchase, just another way to help out the channel! Join our community! Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/THESTUDYOFANTIQUITYANDTHEMIDDLEAGES/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/NickBarksdale Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/study_of_antiquity_middle_ages/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/164050034145170/