Lecture 14 kingdom of mitanni (b)
- 1. HISTORY 26 Lecture Fourteen: The Kingdom of Mitanni ( c . 1500 - 1350 BC)
- 3. The Old Hittite Kingdom ( c . 1650 - 1500 BC)
- 4. The Near East, c . 1500 BC
- 5. Mitanni, Land of the Hurrians ( c . 1500 - 1350 BC)
- 6. Mitanni, Land of the Hurrians Hurrian: Neither Indo-European nor Semitic The Hittite Old Kingdom Capital: Hattusa Hattusili and Mursili The Kingdom of Yamkhad Capital: Aleppo King Parrattarna of Mitanni Boundaries: Kizzuwatna (west), Nuzi (east), and Terqa (south)
- 7. Mitanni, Land of the Hurrians ( c . 1500 - 1350 BC)
- 8. Idrimi, King of Alalakh Flees from Aleppo to Emar Joins local nomads (the Sutaeans) Seizes Alalakh Becomes a vassal of Parrattarna
- 9. Mitanni, Land of the Hurrians A major rival of Egypt’s 18th Dynasty Conflict via proxy states in Palestine and Syria King Saustatar of Mitanni Allied to Amenhotep II of Egypt (1426 - 1400 BC) Retained control from Alalakh in the west to Nuzi in the east Seized control of Assur Military aristocracy comprised of charioteers called mariyanni (singular, mariyannu ) The beginning of a new form of social stratification
- 10. The Decline of Mitanni Amenhotep III of Egypt (1390 - 1353 BC) and king Tushratta of Mitanni The rival kingship of Artatama, backed by the Hittite New Kingdom Shuttarna III (Artatama’s son) betrays the Hittites and allies himself with Assyria The Hittites back Kili-Teshub, son of Tushratta Mitanni becomes a pawn in the growing rivalry of the Hittites and Assyrians
- 11. The Near East, c . 1500 BC