Chapter 43: The Kingdom of Mitanni
readx;? In the East, the Mitanni had good relations with the Kassites. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Info Mitanni's territory in northern Syria stretches from the Taurus Mountains eastward to the Nuz and Tigris rivers.
In the south, from Aleppo through Nuhashshesha to Mari on the Euphrates River.
The central area is located in the Habur valley and has two capitals: Taitu (Tait) and Vashshukani (Vashukani).
Throughout the kingdom agriculture did not require artificial irrigation, and cattle, sheep, and goats could be raised. Its climate is similar to that of Assyria, and the languages spoken by the sedentary population include Hulian and Amorites.
The military rise of the Mitanni kingdom was largely due to the power of the two-wheeled horse-drawn chariot.
Egypt's dealings with Mitanni were mainly achieved through military warfare, alliances by means of treaties and political marriages, and diplomacy. Whether it is a military war or a diplomatic activity, its essence and purpose are to obtain a huge amount of labor and raw materials.
According to the treaty signed between the two countries, Egypt once transported the population of the conquered territories, including all social strata, to Egypt proper, and these Asians who entered Egyptian society as prisoners of war were filled into all walks of life in Egypt, and they not only provided a steady stream of labor for the development and progress of Egyptian society, but also brought new technologies and new ideas to Egypt, thereby promoting the progress of Egyptian science and technology and the integration of the nation. The advent of the era of peaceful diplomacy through alliances and political marriages provided a large international environment for the development of Egyptian society, and the wealth of Egyptian society increased dramatically due to the large taxes from the conquered territories.
Looking at the history of Egypt's relationship with Mitanni for about 200 years, it is not difficult to see that Mitanni always tried to achieve the status of a great power equal to Egypt. Although they seem to have gained this status from their association with Egypt, they did not escape its demise in the end. After the demise of Mitanni, a number of small states arose in its original lands, but in the end, because their strength could not match the other Near Eastern powers at that time, they did not leave too many footprints in the history of the Near East and disappeared.
In the 14th century BCE, many city-states in northern Syria and Canaan were ruled by people with Hulian languages, certain unambiguous Aryan-Indic names. This may mean that the population of these city-states is predominantly Hulian, and it is also often assumed that these political entities were a large political group of Hulians. The difference in dialects and god names shows the existence of different groups of the Julians.
Although Julian names are used in large areas of northern Syria, these areas are clearly outside the Mitanni state that the Assyrians consider. There is no indication that these men were loyal to the kingdom of Mitanni.
On the south side of the Anatolian Plateau of the Asia Minor Peninsula there are the Taurus Mountains, which run east-west, about 1,200 kilometers long, and the mountains are steep and straight, constituting the dividing line between the Anatolian Plateau and the plains, from the Taurus Mountains to the Turkish plains on the Mediterranean coast, the land is fertile, and the conditions of the plateau are very different, and it is now called Cilicia, Cilicia was called Adania by the Hittites at that time> and the Hulians who were distributed in Adania established the state of the Hulians, Kizuvatna>King Mitanni watch
Kirta, reigned: years. Contemporary of Ishmael Dagan III, King of the Assyrian Ekaratu dynasty.
In that year, the leader of the Julian tribe, Kirta, founded the kingdom of Mitanni. This was the reign of King Ishmael Dagan III of Assyria.
Shutarna I, reigned: years. He was a contemporary of Assyrian Acaratus King Ashur Nilari I and Pharaoh Thutmose I of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.
In the year, Kirta's son Shutarna I succeeded to the throne of Mitanni and was the second king of the kingdom of Mitanni.
By the time of Shutarna I, Mitanni had developed into a regional power in northern Mesopotamia, and its influence had reached Syria.
The main opponent of Shutarna I was the Egyptian pharaoh Thutmose I.
Thutmose I's ambition was to conquer Asia. He expanded his territory into northern Syria and Canaan, marching all the way to northern Syria as far as the banks of the Euphrates, where his military might reached the western frontier of the Mitanni kingdom. There was a fierce struggle with Mitanni at that time.
At this time, during the reign of the Hittite king Telipinus (Terepin), Telipinus allied with the Julian state of Chilicia Kizuvatna, sent troops from Asia Minor to fight against Mitanni and won several battles.
Parshatar, reigned: years. Also known as Palatalna> Palshatatar, the son of Kirta and the younger brother of Shutarna I, succeeded to the throne of Mitanni and was the third king of the kingdom of Mitanni.
In a mutiny, Thutmose III killed his stepmother, Hatshepsut, as well as her lover and daughter, and seized the throne of Egypt.
At this time, the Yamhad dynasty, after being invaded by the Hittites, ceased to be the overlord of Syria and was reduced to an ordinary city-state, becoming a vassal under the rule of the Mukish kingdom of the Amorites. The Mukish kingdom, on the other hand, was a vassal of the larger state of Egypt.
Previously, both Canaan and Syria had Egypt as their suzerainty. The largest of these is the kingdom of al-Mukish, which includes the northern Syrian provinces of Alaraq, Mukish, Amashuama'u and Aleppo, with Araraq as its capital.
Taking advantage of the unrest in the Egyptian royal family, Mitanni expanded his influence into Syria in the west, extending his influence all the way to Aleppo and making the kingdom of Mukish a vassal. He also instigated the majority of the city-states of Syria and Canaan (Palestine) to declare their independence, temporarily freeing them from Egyptian rule.
Taking advantage of the regional power vacuum, King Parshatatar of the Kingdom of Mitanni instigated a rebellion and subsequently conquered Aleppo, ending the rule of Yarem Lim I, the last king of Yamhard.