readx;? However, despite the pressure of the Hittites, Ashur Ubalit I attacked Mitanni with all his might, and finally defeated the Mitanni king Shativaza. Pen~fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info Mitanni became a vassal of Assyria.

Then the Hittites were also defeated.

Both Mitanni and the Hittites occupied portions of their lands by Assyria, and Assyria once again became the most powerful state in Mesopotamia.

In the year of the death of the Assyrian king Ashur Ubalit I, Enlil Nillari succeeded to the Assyrian throne.

Taking advantage of the weakness of the new Assyrian king's initial accession to the throne, Mitanni broke away from Assyria's control and once again allied with the Hittites against Assyria.

Shatuwara I, reigned: years.

Shatiwaza died and Shatuwara I, son of Artatama II, younger brother of Shutarna III and cousin of Shatiwaza, succeeded to the throne of Mitanni with the support of his ally Hittite, and was the twelfth king of the kingdom of Mitanni.

The Hittite king Mu'hirli II fought valiantly and recovered some of the territories that had been invaded by Assyria.

Murhili II captured the city of Karkemish and completed the conquest of all of Syria (except Mitanni).

Murshili II was preoccupied with the war with Egypt in Syria and neglected the war with Mitanni.

During the reign of King Shatuwara I of Mitanni, the Assyrian king Attad al-Nilari I continued to expand northwestward, with Mitanni and his ally Hittite as the main enemy.

In the year Assyria seized the city of Calkemish from the Hittites and captured the Mitanni city of Shupria> Attad al-Nilari I claimed to have captured Shatuwara I and brought him back to the city of Ashur, where Shatuwara I swore an oath to become a vassal of Assyria.

Afterwards, he was allowed to return to Mitanni, where he paid a large tribute to Attad Nilari I.

Vasa Shata, reigned for years.

In the year, Shatuwara I's son, Vasa Shata, succeeded to the throne of Mitanni and was the thirteenth king of the kingdom of Mitanni.

The Assyrians further intensified their invasion, conquering Taytu, the former capital of Mitanni, and annexing Washukani, Amasaku, Kahat, Shuru, Nabra, Hula, and Shutuhu >They conquered Iritu and destroyed it, sprinkling salt on the land around the city. Vasashata's wives, sons, and daughters were escorted to the city of Ashur along with a large amount of booty and captivity.

In Silesia, where the Assyrian state was located at that time, there was plenty of rain and no irrigation was required, and the salinization of farmland was not very serious. But the Assyrian kings knew the terrible consequences of the saline lands and used them as a means to punish rebellious or enemy cities.

Both Atad Nilari I and his son Salmanai I declare in the inscription: "After I have conquered and destroyed the city, I have spread salt and alkali on it." ”

Salinity pollution may be the real reason for the dispersal of the Mitanni people after the destruction of the country.

Mitanni's two capitals, Taytu and Vashukani, were occupied by Assyria, and Mitanni had already existed in name only.

Atad Nilari I conquered Mitanni, which was under Hittite control, in the heart of the valley of the Balik and Habur rivers, and he did not seem to have crossed the Euphrates, while Kalkememish maintained the Hittite army.

After conquering Mitanni, Attad Nilari I wrote to the Hittite king, calling him the great king, showing his respect for the Hittite.

At the request of the Hittites, King Vasashatta of Mitanni was released back to Mitanni.

For more than a decade, the Hittites were busy fighting a war with Egypt for supremacy in Syria.

At a time when Muattari II was busy with war with Egypt, the new Assyrian king, Salmanesel I, seized the opportunity to form an alliance with Egypt and invade Mitanni again, forcibly seizing part of the land and entering the outskirts of Anatolia along the source of the Euphrates.

King Vasashatta of Mitanni turned to the Hittites for help.

But the Hittite kingdom was mired in internal strife. Hatushili III usurped the throne of his nephew Urshi Teschup and exiled him.

At the time of the change of dynasty, Hatushili III was unable to send troops because the situation in the country was not yet calm, so he only gave Vasashatta a sum of money, but this did not help Mitanni at all.

Shatuwara II, reigned: years.

In the year of Vasashata's son or nephew, Shatuwara II, who succeeded to the throne of Mitanni, was the fourteenth king of the kingdom of Mitanni. Take Kahat as the capital.

Assyria had become powerful and posed a serious threat to the Hittites, who were still at war with Egypt.

Ramses II was the last powerful pharaoh of the ancient Egyptian military empire, when the Hittites were also in their heyday. The decades-long military rivalry between the two sides has seriously weakened the strength of both sides.

years, neither Egypt nor the Hittites wanted to fight anymore. The two countries signed the Peace of the Silver Plate, ending the state of war and forming a military alliance to deal with threats from other countries.

In the same year, the new king of Mitanni, Shatuwara II, betrayed Assyria and turned to the Hittites for help in the state of Alamu, which had been established by the Aramians in Syria.

Hattuhili III had already secured his position, and sent troops to form an alliance with Mitanni and the Alamesian tribes in Syria, ready for all wars.

During the reign of the Assyrian king Salmanesel I, Assyria launched a counterattack against Mitanni.

When the Assyrian army entered the mountains to attack the Mitanni army, the Mitanni army occupied various passages and water sources in the mountain range, so that the Assyrian army faced the disaster of having no water to drink as they advanced.

However, the Assyrian king Salmanesel I, with superior forces, fought back and defeated the coalition forces. He claimed to have killed one soldier, and the rest were blinded or taken as prisoners.