Hurrians

The site: Neo-Hittite sites are a fascinating mixture of many Near Eastern cultures: Hittite, Aramaic, and Phoenician (see "Who Were the Hurrians?" for more on the Hittites).

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When Telepinus (c. 1520) came to the throne he halted the kingdom's decline of Hatti, pushing back the Hurrians.

c. The Hattians and the Hittites

The Hurrians adopted Mesopotamian religion and culture, utilizing Babylonian as an administrative language and cuneiform script to write the Hurrian language.

e. The Kassites, the Hurrians, and the Arameans

Shalmeneser I defeated the last Hurrian king, Shattuara II, and the Hurrians were absorbed into the Assyrian Empire around 1270.

e. The Kassites, the Hurrians, and the Arameans

Shalmaneser I (1275–1245) continued his predecessors 'energetic campaigns of conquest, fighting in the far north against Urartu and again crushing the Hurrians, annexing their lands.

e. The Kassites, the Hurrians, and the Arameans

In the 16th century Hurrians (biblical Horites) migrated into Palestine.

d. The Land of Canaan

The Urartians were related to the Hurrians and moved into the region sometime in the second millennium.

c. Urartu (Van)

The Hurrians (See 1749–1595) took the North Syrian region, which they named Hanigalbat and Cilicia, now called Kizzuwatna.

c. The Hattians and the Hittites

The Hattians worshipped the sun goddess Wurusemu and the storm god Taru; the Hurrians, Teshup and Hepat; and the Luwians, Tarkhunt.

b. Economy, Technology, Society, and Culture

He also reorganized the home territories and then marched against the Hurrians.

c. The Hattians and the Hittites