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- noun Plural form of
Hurrian .
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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).
From the Trenches - Off the Grid- Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park, Turkey
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When Telepinus (c. 1520) came to the throne he halted the kingdom's decline of Hatti, pushing back the Hurrians.
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The Hurrians adopted Mesopotamian religion and culture, utilizing Babylonian as an administrative language and cuneiform script to write the Hurrian language.
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Shalmeneser I defeated the last Hurrian king, Shattuara II, and the Hurrians were absorbed into the Assyrian Empire around 1270.
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Shalmaneser I (12751245) continued his predecessors 'energetic campaigns of conquest, fighting in the far north against Urartu and again crushing the Hurrians, annexing their lands.
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In the 16th century Hurrians (biblical Horites) migrated into Palestine.
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The Urartians were related to the Hurrians and moved into the region sometime in the second millennium.
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The Hurrians (See 17491595) took the North Syrian region, which they named Hanigalbat and Cilicia, now called Kizzuwatna.
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The Hattians worshipped the sun goddess Wurusemu and the storm god Taru; the Hurrians, Teshup and Hepat; and the Luwians, Tarkhunt.
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He also reorganized the home territories and then marched against the Hurrians.
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