Ancient Near East: Late Bronze Age

lower Mesopotamia Kassite dynasty 1595-1155 BC
upper Mesopotamia Mitanni empire 1500 - 1300 BC
SW Iran Middle Elamite period 1500-1100 BC
Anatolia Hittite empire 1400 - 1200 BC

Source for dates: British Museum.


(See also: Ancient Near East Resource Page)

Web Resources
2nd Millennium BC. Wikipedia
Ancient Near East: Middle and Late Bronze Age. Wikipedia
Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, and Diplomacy in the Second Millennium B.C. (2008 exhibit). Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bronze Age Collapse. Wikipedia
Elam. Wikipedia
Enuma Elish. Tr. L. W. King
Enuma Elish. Tr. E. A. Speiser
Enuma Elish. Tr. N. K. Sandars
Explore World Cultures: The Middle East. British Museum
The Hittites. All About Turkey
The Hittites . Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Hittites. Wikipedia
Kingdoms of Anatolia: The Hittites. Kessler Associates

Image Links (click inside)
Silver rhyton
Hittite, 14-13c
Ivory figurine
Hittite, 14-13c
Hittite god
Hittite, 14-13c
Funerary portrait
Iran, 1500
Lion on wheels
Elamite, 15-13c
Model temple
Elamite, 12c
Seated god
Syria, 1600 BC
Statue of Idrimi
Mitanni, 15c
Cosmetic box
Mitanni, 15c
Pottery jar
Mitanni, 14c
Cylinder seal
Mitanni, 14c
Hunt patera
Ugarit, 14-13c
Mistress of the animals
Levantine, 13c
Pendant
Canaanite, 18-16c
Necklaces
Canaanite, 15-13c
Coffin lid
Canaanite, 13c
Basin w/ goatfish
Susa, 13-12c

[last updated: August 13, 2013]


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