Anatolia — /an euh toh lee euh/, n. a vast plateau between the Black and the Mediterranean seas: in ancient usage, synonymous with the peninsula of Asia Minor; in modern usage, applied to Turkey in Asia. Cf. Asia Minor. * * * or Asia Minor Turkish Anadolu… … Universalium
Mitanni — /mi tan ee/, n. the Hurrian kingdom in NW Mesopotamia in the 15th and 14th centuries B.C. * * * Ancient kingdom of upper Mesopotamia. It extended from the Euphrates River nearly to the Tigris River and flourished from about 1500 to 1360 BC.… … Universalium
Suppiluliumas I — ▪ Hittite king also spelled Shuppiluliumash, or Subbiluliuma flourished 14th century BC Hittite king (reigned c. 1380–c. 1346 BC), who dominated the history of the ancient Middle East for the greater part of four decades and raised the… … Universalium
epigraphy — epigraphist, epigrapher, n. /i pig reuh fee/, n. 1. the study or science of epigraphs or inscriptions, esp. of ancient inscriptions. 2. inscriptions collectively. [1850 55; EPIGRAPH + Y3] * * * ▪ historiography Introduction the study of written… … Universalium
Mitanni — El pueblo Mitanni se ubica cronológicamente en el segundo mileno antes de nuestra era, surgiendo en la escena histórica de forma tan fugaz como intensa. El estado Mitanni llegó a adquirir una gran importancia en torno al 1600 adC, debido a su… … Enciclopedia Universal