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Was a Hurrian-speaking state in northern Syria and southeast Anatolia.
Establishment
January 1516 BC: Yamhad became a vassal of Mitanni.
Chronology
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Military campaigns of Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose I.
January 1504 BC: Syrian campaign of Thutmose I at the beginning of his second regnal year. During this campaign, the Syrian princes declared allegiance to Thutmose.
January 1503 BC: After Thutmose I returned in Egypt, the Syrian vassals of Egypt discontinued tribute and began fortifying against future incursions.
Military campaigns of Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose II.
2.1.Syrian Campaigns of Thutmose III
Were the military campaigns of Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose III in Syria.
2.1.1.First Syria Campaign
Military campaign of Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose III in Syria.
January 1456 BC: The Battle of Megiddo was fought between Egyptian forces under the command of Pharaoh Thutmose III and a large rebellious coalition of Canaanite vassal states led by the king of Kadesh. Egyptian dominance in the Levant was re-established
2.1.2.Attack on Mitanni (Eighth Syria Campaign)
Military campaign of Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmose III against the Kingdom of Mitanni.
January 1446 BC: After Pharaoh Thutmose III had taken control of the Syrian cities, the obvious target for his eighth campaign was the state of Mitanni. Thutmose III then went freely from city to city and pillaged them while the nobles hid in caves.
February 1446 BC: After Pharaoh Thutmose III had taken control of the Syrian cities, the obvious target for his eighth campaign was the state of Mitanni. Thutmose III then went freely from city to city and pillaged them while the nobles hid in caves.
Military campaign of Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Amenhotep II against the Kingdom of Mitanni.
January 1415 BC: Military campaign of Amenhotep II against Mitanni during his ninth year.
February 1415 BC: Military campaign of Amenhotep II against Mitanni during his ninth year. After the campaign, the Egyptian and Mitannian kingdoms seem to have reached some sort of peace.
Military campaigns of Hittite king Tudḫaliya I.
January 1399 BC: During his reign (c. 1400 BC), Hittite King Tudhaliya I, conquered the Hurrian region of Aleppo from Mitanni.
Military campaignss of Assyrian king Eriba-Adad I
January 1391 BC: Eriba-Adad I broke Mitanni influence over Assyria.
Military campaigns of Hittite king Šuppiluliuma I.
January 1349 BC: In his Syrian Campaigns, King Šuppiluliuma I (c. 1350 BC) defeated King Tusratta of Mitanni, and the kingdom came under Hittite control.
Military campaigns of Hittite king Muršili II.
January 1319 BC: When Shattiwaza became king of Mitanni, his kingdom was restricted to the Khabur River and Balikh River valleys as the remnant regions of the kingdom had fallen to the Hittite Empire.
January 1294 BC: Having inherited a position of strength in the east, Hittite King Mursili was able to turn his attention to the west, where he attacked Arzawa and a city known as Millawanda (Miletus), which was under the control of Ahhiyawa.
Military Campaigns of Assyrian King Adad-Nirari I against Mitanni.
January 1273 BC: Hanilgalbat (a region in Syria located between the Euphrates and Khabur rivers) was conquered by the Assyrians under Adad-nirari I.
Military campaigns of Assyrian king Shalmaneser I.
January 1262 BC: The Assyrians expanded further, and conquered the royal city of Taidu, and took Washukanni, Amasakku, Kahat, Shuru, Nabula, Hurra and Shuduhu as well. They also conquered Irridu.
January 1243 BC: What remained of the kingdom of Mitanni came under Assyrian control .
January 1243 BC: During his reign Assyrian king Salmanassar I conquered the region of Urartu that encompassed most of Eastern Anatolia and the Caucasus Mountains.
January 1499 BC: Washukanni and surrounding regions conquered by Mitanni.
January 1499 BC: Beth-Nahrin was conquered by Mitanni
January 1492 BC: By the end of his reign Pharaoh Thutmose I had defeated Mitanni.
January 1424 BC: The Egyptian Pharaoh Thutmosis III conquers the northern Syrian region of Nuḫašše.
January 1419 BC: King Barattarna of Mitanni expanded the kingdom west to Aleppo and made the Amorite king Idrimi of Alalakh his vassal.
January 1399 BC: Expansion of Mitanni until 1400 BC.
January 1399 BC: The first documented leader of Amurru was Abdi-Ashirta, under whose leadership Amurru was a vassal of the Egyptian empire.
January 1399 BC: The Kingdom of Shupria is known from Assyrian sources from the 13th century BC onward. Possibly mentioned since 3rd millenium BC.
January 1329 BC: Assyria under Ashur-uballit I attacked Mitanni. Its vassal state of Nuzi east of the Tigris was conquered and destroyed.
January 1329 BC: The kingdom of Mitanni subsisted until about 1330 BC. Around that time or shortly after it was conquered by Piyasilis I Carchemish.
January 1299 BC: The Armaic polity of Bit-Zamani is mentioned in Assyrian texts since the 13th century BC.
Disestablishment
January 1243 BC: During his reign Assyrian king Salmanassar I conquered the region of Urartu that encompassed most of Eastern Anatolia and the Caucasus Mountains.
January 1243 BC: What remained of the kingdom of Mitanni came under Assyrian control .
Selected Sources
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George Steindorff and Keith C. Seele (1942): When Egypt ruled the East, University of Chicago Press, p. 35
George Steindorff and Keith C. Seele (1942): When Egypt ruled the East, University of Chicago Press, p. 36
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