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
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