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The kingdom of Mitanni – ancient torkey

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

The kingdom of Mitanni The kingdom of Mitanni was a feudal state led by a warrior nobility of Aryan or Hurrian origin. Frequently horses were bred on their large landed estates. Documents and contract agreements in Syria often mention a chariot-warrior caste that also constituted the social upper class in the cities. Below: The Hittites [...]

Ancient Torkey Language

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

In earlier stages of research, the terms Mitanni language and Subarian were used as designations for Hurrian. In Hittite cuneiform texts, hurlili “language of the Hurrian” is used. In the last centuries of the 3rd millennium BC, Hurrians were already present in the Mardin region, which, from a geographical point of view, belongs to the [...]

The Hurrians – History of Ancient Torkey

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

The Hurrians enter the orbit of ancient Middle Eastern civilization toward the end of the 3rd millennium BC. They arrived in Mesopotamia from the north or the east, but it is not known how long they had lived in the peripheral regions. Ruins of the Hittite capitol of Hattusa There is a brief inscription in [...]

The Hittites – Ancient Torkey

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008

History of Ancient Turkey Roaring into history from mysterious origins, the Hittites would rule a great empire that stretched from Mesopotamia to Syria and Palestine. The Hittites are shrouded in fog and mystery; we don’t where they came from, and for a long time the language they spoke was undecipherable. In the end, it turns [...]

Hyeroglyphs Ankara

Thursday, November 6th, 2008

Hyeroglyphs, Ankara uygarlık müzesi